Carlene Bauer

Life No sex in the city

Life in New York is notorious for sin and excess. But instead of going wild, I went Catholic
  • The riot quiets

    The breakup of Sleater-Kinney signifies the end of an era when women made a loud and unapologetic noise -- onstage and in society.
  • God? Sure, whatever

    A new book says that 80 percent of American teens believe in God -- but their God is a buddy who props up their self-esteem, and many don't even know who Jesus was.
  • Being black and British

    Long before Zadie Smith and Monica Ali, Andrea Levy was exploring the rich textures of race, class and empire. Her bestselling new book, "Small Island," is her first to be published in America.
  • The sunny side of life

    In her new book, "Exuberance," author Kay Redfield Jamison looks at who has joie de vivre -- and why.
  • Readin', writin' and killin'

    The author of a new book about school shootings talks about America's pernicious cult of athletics, the dangers of small-town intimacy, and why it's impossible to identify a school shooter in advance.
  • The hot naked tattooed guy next door

    With its photos of lanky slacker bohemians, the new magazine Sweet Action is the thinking girl's antidote to bulging Chippendale hunks.
  • This is your brain in love

    In a fascinating new book, evolutionary anthropologist Helen Fisher examines the chemistry responsible for the giddiness, fixations and overarching lunacy associated with romantic love.
  • Jesus is my crush

    A popular new Bible for teen girls dresses up the New Testament to look and read exactly like a fashion magazine.
  • Joan of Arc goes Manic Panic

    Director Lynne Ramsay talks about child actors, chugging Jack Daniel's on Latvian TV and her celebrated coming-of-age movie, "Ratcatcher."
  • Sharps & Flats

    Wry, sweet and fresh Belle & Sebastian trade mannered music-box melodies for ... an issue song.
  • Sharps & Flats

    Futures past to past futures, Broadcast fuse the cool sounds of '60s films to singer Trish Keenan's chilly fables.
  • Welcome to the Machine

    The women behind "The Mechanic's Guide to Putting Out Records" take up a new battle to save the indies.
  • Sharps & Flats

    Mogwai's migrainous wankery has absolutely no potential for popular appeal.
  • Sharps & Flats

    Kathleen Hanna and Le Tigre say dance first and theorize later.
  • Sharps & flats

    Archer Prewitt's songs sound like they were written on a piece of shag carpet resting in a slice of sun.
  • Mightier than the sword

    True-crime writer James Tully puts Charlotte Brontë -- survivor of three prematurely passed sisters -- behind the trigger in his new book.

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