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Kevin Craft

Kevin Craft has written for The Atlantic, Slate, and The Washington Post and is the author "Grunge, Nerds, and Gastropubs: A Mass Culture Odyssey."

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The world is still a vampire: The Smashing Pumpkins can’t get the respect they’ve earned

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What really made Bowie a star: As a songwriter, he was unparalleled

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No “white savior” here: How “Show Me a Hero” subverts an obnoxious Hollywood trope

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“Mad Men” and Big Business: How the show’s unabashed conservative capitalism drew us in

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The romantic comedy isn’t dead!

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