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“The Iliad” and other tales of war
David Alford
My momentous monologue turns to dust under the scrutiny of a well-prepared student.
Thin gruel for Vonnegut fans
Alissa Lara Quart
The film "Breakfast of Champions" misses the point: What "Bokononists" love is Father Kurt's smart anti-intellectualism.
Burn, sacred cow, burn!
Jenn Shreve
Lefty weeklies turn on their idols. Plus: Ben is Dead dies, the 17th Annual Testicle Festival and the boy who said yes -- and lived.
Is technology unplugging our minds?
Janelle Brown
We may be able to multitask our way through life -- but at what cost to our humanity? Three new books examine the world technology begat.
Sharps & flats
Funke Sangodeyi
Macha rides a rickshaw loaded with esoterica to the top of the college charts.
Audrey was thinner
Damion Matthews
The author of "Confessions of a Window Dresser" explains his preference.
“Sensation” and lack of sensation
Camille Paglia
Gore's weightlessness is sinking him; applause for Giuliani's stand against the arrogant, pretentious, parasitic arts establishment; and praise (praise?) for Paltrow.
“THE RIVER”
Edward Hooper
An exhaustive history of HIV and AIDS offers a bold new theory about its origins
Frank Gehry
Karen Templer
His titanium masterpiece in Bilbao, Spain, has put "the other Frank,"
architect of "the other Guggenheim" museum, on the map.
Who wants to time-travel to 1357 France?
Nikki Finke
Michael Ovitz, onetime King of Hollywood, finds no takers for his new project -- a movie by Michael "Jurassic Park" Crichton.
Ask a Question and You Could Win!
Salon Staff
City of Angel
Joyce Millman
Buffy's guilt-ridden vampire squeeze lives by night in L.A. Also: "My So-Called Life" meets "The X-Files" in WB's new teen drama "Roswell"
Everyone's a critic
Bruce Shapiro
New Yorkers apparently do not support Mayor Giuliani's holy war on the Brooklyn Museum.
Donn Pohren, flamenco’s hero
Jon B. Rhine
Over a bottle of vino tinto, the first non-Spaniard ever awarded the title "flamencologist" talks about one of the world's most vibrant folk arts.
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
If children are cursing, blame the parents; battle of the sexes on "Family Law"; since when is Jeeves an
Internet character?
From “Hey Faggot” to “Hey Daddy”
Daryl Lindsey
Savage Dan Savage softens up in fatherhood: Now he's a bitch with a burp rag.
No Gun Ri: What they're saying
Alicia Montgomery
Experts grapple with reports that the U.S. committed war crimes during the Korean War.
The test that took over
Caleb Crain
Nicholas Lemann flunks the SAT-worshipping American meritocracy.
“Three Kings”
Andrew O'Hehir
The stylish, almost hallucinatory war movie promotes director David O. Russell from indie grunt to Hollywood sharpshooter.
Get out of my bedroom!
Peggy O'Mara
Mothering mag editor denounces a new warning against the family bed as the drivel of government terrorists
What's ailing men?
Jonathan Miles
In her fat new investigation of male malaise, Susan Faludi finds the culprit in the culture.
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