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  • America, the beautiful (America, the ugly)

    This masterly literary history from co-editor Greil Marcus does justice to our country's best and worst moments
  • Is the Internet melting our brains?

    No! The author of "A Better Pencil" explains why such hysterical hand-wringing is as old as communication itself
  • Parents: Most of what you're doing is wrong

    "NurtureShock" says too much praise is bad, teen lying is normal and baby-genius toys could make your kids dumber
  • Critics' Picks: The 1939 classic lives on

    A new book illuminates why "Gone With the Wind" endures, on the page and on film
  • Dan Brown swaps pseudohistory for pseudoscience

    With "The Lost Symbol," his "Da Vinci" follow-up, Brown spins a wild Freemason conspiracy -- then never solves it
  • Glenn Beck is the future of literary fiction

    A handful of right-wing bestsellers have recast mundane cultural dislocation into riveting epics of paranoia
  • The elegance of the gourmand

    Muriel Barbery's follow-up to "Hedgehog" makes for a delicious meal: One part novel, one part foodie fantasia
  • Can cheap be sexy?

    At a time when Americans are wallowing in consumer debt, let's reconsider the joys of penny pinching
  • The journalist, the murderer and the Adderall

    Author Stephen Elliott talks about the grisly trial, and the prescription dependency, he could not shake
  • Is it ever OK to tar your kid in print?

    The sordid back story of Julia Myerson's new memoir, "The Lost Child," should give every parenting writer pause
  • People like Lorrie Moore are the only people here

    The celebrated author's "A Gate at the Stairs" is aggressively clever, meticulously crafted -- and exhausting
  • My best frenemy

    Lucinda Rosenfeld talks about the dark side of female friendships and plants a stiletto in sisterhood clichés
  • Where the streets have no shame

    Blog turned book, "The Sartorialist" finds beauty in passersby and strikes a blow against boring "celebrity style"
  • Eat pray equivocate

    Author Elizabeth Gilbert becomes the latest female literary figure to write about her ambivalence toward marriage
  • Binger turned food critic

    Former New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni on his torturous lifelong relationship with food
  • The first Mafia don's reign of terror

    Before there was Al Capone, there was Giuseppe Morelli. Author Mike Dash talks about his legacy -- and his violence
  • Red State Update: Poor Bush being betrayed by Cheney

    Ain't anyone loyal to their friends anymore?
  • Cogito ergo sum, baby

    Toddlers have amazing philosophical minds that work like computers and can teach us a world about ourselves
  • Critics' Picks: Magic for grown-ups

    "The Magicians" is a ravishing adult novel that shines a new light on the fantasy tales we read as kids
  • Will the swinging '60s crush our "Mad Men"?

    A huge culture shock awaits Sterling Cooper. Here's a look at the "creative revolution" that hit the ad world
  • Mothers who drink

    Recovering alcoholic Rachael Brownell talks about cocktail play dates, sobriety and the tragedy of Diane Schuler
  • The beauty and terror of science

    Romantic poets and scientists tapped the marvels of nature and sounded a clarion alarm that can transform us today
  • Critics' Picks: The legacy of Obama's "race speech"

    An eye-opening collection of essays revisits the legendary campaign-trail moment
  • Sacrificial virgins of the Mississippi

    Archaeologists are slowly unearthing the ghastly secrets of Cahokia, an ancient city under the American heartland
  • Prep school casualty

    The author of young-adult memoir "Everything Sucks" talks about drugs, anorexia and why "Gossip Girl" gets it wrong
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