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Trauma culture
Charles Taylor
From Oklahoma City to New York, we've turned violent human loss into epic narratives of suffering and patriotism. Does this help people heal or hurt them?
Falling in love again
Charles Taylor
It's the photos of Marlene Dietrich in drag that are the real turn-on in this book.
“Iris”
Charles Taylor
The film of novelist Iris Murdoch's life suffers from PBS syndrome, but Dame Judi Dench cures with a moving portrayal of life with Alzheimer's.
Rick Bragg
Lynda Cardwell
He's gone from Calhoun County, Ala., to Islamabad and back, but the author of "Ava's Man" never leaves his family far behind.
Why college radio fears the DMCA
Mark L. Shahinian
If the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is fully enforced, stations will be unable to afford to webcast their tunes.
Family feud
Elizabeth Manus
Relatives of bestselling memoirist Jennifer Lauck say that "Blackbird," her book about her miserable childhood, is full of lies.
Beyond tribalism
Suzy Hansen
Controversial Israeli historian Tom Segev says a new generation of Israelis is moving beyond Zionism -- but there will be no peace until old warriors Sharon and Arafat are gone.
Hearts broken, hands full
Lauren Sandler
Men who became widowers and single fathers on Sept. 11 struggle with crushing grief and the relentless demands of running a family.
“Austerlitz” by W.G. Sebald
Laura Miller
A man steps into a deserted room in a railway station and suddenly confronts the riddle of his own past.
“Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage” by Alice Munro
Laura Miller
Restless girls and adulterous wives contemplate the bargains they've made with life in these masterly stories by a modern-day Chekhov.
The ArginMax effect
Michael Castleman
A recent Stanford study shows a dietary supplement can boost some women's sex drive.
Afraid of being hurt again
Cary Tennis
Look for a man who has reached the "no bullshit" stage, where they accept who they are and the way life is.
America the scapegoat
Meera Atkinson
An Australian woman who has made New York her home fires back at the smug U.S.-bashers in Europe and her native land.
The Microsoft resistance
Scott Rosenberg
Redmond may have triumphed legally and financially -- but there are still little ways to strike blows against the empire.
Identity crisis
Theresa Pinto Sherer
Decades after becoming an Italian-American Korean, I learn the truth and wonder: Why was I abandoned on the street, a note pinned to my shirt, at the age of 3?
When being holy hurts
Suzy Hansen
An historian talks about the modern face of "sacred pain," which religions use it the most and how self-cutters carry on the tradition.
Who was Mona seducing?
Jonathon Keats
What does this Renaissance temptress, seemingly impervious to changing taste, tell us about the enduring nature of our own desire?
A born-again isolationist
Michael J. Smith
By trying to rule the world, we open ourselves to the world's madness. America should let go of its empire and set its own house in order.
“Trials of the Monkey” by Matthew Chapman
Damien Cave
Charles Darwin's boozy, girl-crazy great-great-grandson goes to Tennessee to sneer at the Bible-quoting locals -- and stays to learn a lesson in faith.
The stuff movies are made of
Jeff Stark
Director Richard Linklater talks about dreams, Philip K. Dick and his magical, revolutionary "Waking Life," a thinking person's cartoon about the meaning of life.
This time the germs are real
Amy Traverso
For sufferers of obsessive-compulsive disorder, a real-live anthrax scare can mean years of misery.
2001: A great year for movies
Andrew O'Hehir
While the studios distracted us with big-budget behemoths, a renaissance in art film unfolded before our eyes.
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