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Irène Némirovsky's life after death: "Suite Française" made her a posthumous literary sensation. But newly published work raises the question: Was Némirovsky a Jewish anti-Semite?; By Allen Barra Feb 6, 2008
Misbegotten "Moon": Larry McMurtry's "Lonesome Dove" may have been the best TV western ever made. Can his new CBS miniseries "Comanche Moon" shine as bright?; By Allen Barra Jan 11, 2008
How the West was lost: In a movie season crowded with westerns, "True Grit" -- the great, unsung novel of the American frontier -- celebrates its 40th anniversary.; By Allen Barra Nov 27, 2007
Nixon knows best: Richard Nixon continues to fascinate and repel us. On the 35th anniversary of Watergate, is it time to stop kicking Dick around and reconsider his accomplishments?; By Allen Barra Jun 15, 2007
The greatest living critic: If a team of scientists crossed the DNA of Edmund Wilson with Pauline Kael, and added a dash of Wilfrid Sheed, they would come up with Clive James.; By Allen Barra Apr 9, 2007
"Travels in the Scriptorium": When Paul Auster is at his best he's like a brilliant magician. When he's not -- as with his latest -- it's as if he's sawing away without a woman in the box.; By Allen Barra Feb 7, 2007
Too much Gore: Vidal's second memoir merely retells the stories we already know from his enormous -- and potentially irrelevant -- body of work.; By Allen Barra Jan 3, 2007
Bond, by the book: With the release of "Casino Royale," I read Ian Fleming's classic Bond novels again and discovered a talented spy who was "just like us" and a writer devoted to pleasure.; By Allen Barra Nov 25, 2006
"The Return of the Player": In Michael Tolkin's follow-up to "The Player," Griffin Mill leaves the movie business behind -- but he's still out for blood.; By Allen Barra Oct 26, 2006
One fumbles, one scores: Two ambitious high school football dramas, "Two-A-Days" and "Friday Night Lights," hit the small screen this season.; By Allen Barra Oct 3, 2006
Nelson Algren's New Orleans: The 1956 classic "A Walk on the Wild Side" captured the Crescent City as we'll never see it again -- seedy, brutal, alive.; By Allen Barra Sep 7, 2006
In too deep: Douglas Brinkley's epic account of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath stops short of laying blame where it belongs: On President Bush.; By Allen Barra Jun 27, 2006
Destination: Venice: Get to the city of canals before it disappears -- and don't forget to grab Calvino, James and, of course, Thomas Mann.; By Allen Barra Jun 26, 2006
The new true West: From Larry McMurtry and Thomas Berger to "Deadwood" and the gay cowboys of "Brokeback Mountain," the American West is alive and wilder than ever.; By Allen Barra Jun 12, 2006
White's albums: Rejecting Freudian analysis and embracing his true identity, Edmund White penned two landmarks of gay literature and redefined the autobiographical novel.; By Allen Barra Apr 26, 2006
Who was John Fante?: The Italian American author of "Ask the Dust" was the quintessential L.A. writer, a big brother to the Beats and the voice of immigrant America.; By Allen Barra Mar 10, 2006
Reading "Lolita" in Alabama: Fifty years after its publication, and 20 after my first reading, Nabokov's masterpiece is still dangerous -- but not for the reasons you might think.; By Allen Barra Dec 22, 2005
"The Warriors" fights on: Twenty-six years after being shunned by the mainstream, the cult classic rises again (and again, and again).; By Allen Barra Nov 28, 2005
Love in the time of viagra: Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcma Marquez's new book follows an aging man who seeks out illicit sex -- but finds something else.; By Allen Barra Nov 9, 2005
The man who knew too much: Edmund Wilson had four wives, dozens of affairs, a drinking problem -- and the sharpest critical mind of his generation.; By Allen Barra Oct 4, 2005
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: Allen Barra, author of a new Bear Bryant bio, on the coach's greatness, his mystique, "The Junction Boys" and his moral failure -- and success -- on integration.; Aug 26, 2005
Shadow man: In "King of the Jews," Nick Tosches takes on Arnold Rothstein, the legendary gangland figure who fixed a World Series, mentored young hoodlums, and inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald.; By Allen Barra Jul 12, 2005
Angelina Jolie's Hollywood exile: The most ferocious performer on film today is proof there are still big stars -- it's the pictures that got smaller.; By Allen Barra Jun 11, 2005
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: Danica Patrick brings long-lost sizzle to the Indy 500, and not just because of those bikini pix. Plus: Heat win, but they're still in trouble. And: The mystery of "his'n."; May 26, 2005
The great Dane: It's time we let beloved children's author Hans Christian Andersen sit at the big kids' table.; By Allen Barra May 13, 2005

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