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Pomegranate porn: Photographer Flor Garduño's work is a fecund mix of eroticism, magical realism -- and sexy fruit.; By Douglas Cruickshank Oct 4, 2002
Sexy monkeys and mutant bunnies: Painter Laurie Hogin uses the style of Old Masters and a frightening menagerie of beasts to illustrate the nightmares to be found in the American dream.; By Douglas Cruickshank Sep 30, 2002
"The Partly Cloudy Patriot" by Sarah Vowell: A "This American Life" commentator celebrates nerds and explains how to love your country without turning into a boorish, jingoistic, kitsch-crazed lout.; By Douglas Cruickshank Sep 11, 2002
"Normal will never happen again": The author of two books about coping with sudden death talks about the emotional fallout of losing someone without having had a chance to say goodbye.; By Douglas Cruickshank Sep 9, 2002
The life of the Dead: Band insider Dennis McNally talks about his new 600-page biography of the Grateful Dead, and answers questions about their long, strange trip.; By Douglas Cruickshank Aug 20, 2002
Deal breakers: You may not push that hottie out of bed for eating crackers. But what about for wearing Tevas?; By Douglas Cruickshank Aug 7, 2002
"Zig Zag Zen," by Allan Hunt Badiner, ed.: A book about Buddhism and psychedelics asks whether it's best, when seeking higher consciousness, to take the stairs or the elevator.; By Douglas Cruickshank Jul 11, 2002
Martha Stewart's tips for gracious big-house living: Writing from her exciting new institutional home, Martha gives "how to serve" a whole new meaning.; By Douglas Cruickshank Jun 27, 2002
Lord Buckley rides again!: The new biography of the Hip Messiah gives us a quintessentially American character worthy of a Mark Twain novel.; By Douglas Cruickshank Jun 26, 2002
Complete sexual anarchy: The Cockettes exuded the optimism, playfulness, sexiness and theatricality of a subculture that slipped away almost as soon as it was born. (With a gallery of photographs by Robert Altman.); By Douglas Cruickshank Jun 21, 2002
"Pot Planet" by Brian Preston: A marijuana connoisseur travels around the world seeking out the people who grow, smoke and worship weed -- and the people who try to stop them.; By Douglas Cruickshank Jun 13, 2002
Nicogasm!: Who needs cigarettes? Let's put nicotine where the sun don't shine!; By Douglas Cruickshank Jun 7, 2002
"Shakey: Neil Young's Biography" by Jimmy McDonough: The story of the "Godfather of Grunge" is a tale of sickness, health, overweening ego, spectacular talent and reckless abandon.; By Douglas Cruickshank Jun 5, 2002
Been there, smashed that: From porcelain machine guns to plates commemorating hideous disasters, artist Charles Krafft's grimly satirical work sheds strange light on an age when terror is rattling our teacups. (With a portfolio of 14 photographs.); By Douglas Cruickshank May 30, 2002
How do you design a "Keep Out!" sign to last 10,000 years?: The Department of Energy is creating a vast monument to scare future trespassers away from radioactive waste sites. Their plan: A granite Stonehenge thing with warnings in Navajo!; By Douglas Cruickshank May 10, 2002
Lighten up: Readers respond to articles on feminism and the dinner bill, Bush's healthcare insanity and America's love of dysfunction.; May 9, 2002
Sexy silliness: The Kinsey Institute's "Sex and Humor" collection of images is eroticism at its most ridiculous.; By Douglas Cruickshank May 6, 2002
The art of the scam: Two great American con men bilked their fellow citizens of millions by peddling goat gonad cures for impotence and shares in the estate of Sir Francis Drake.; By Douglas Cruickshank May 6, 2002
Inside the Church of the Nativity: An American activist who snuck past Israeli troops to deliver food says there's plenty of illness, very little food and absolutely no militants hiding inside.; By Douglas Cruickshank May 3, 2002
Crazy for dysfunction: Somewhere along the line, we traded the Cleavers for the Osbournes. Family angst and social stigma are new tickets to fame and fortune.; By Douglas Cruickshank May 3, 2002
Al Franken: The political satirist scripts lines the Democrats could have used to win in 2000, muses on torture and orgasms -- and remains "concerned" about Rush Limbaugh.; By Douglas Cruickshank Apr 20, 2002
Naked interiors: Manuel Alvarez Bravo's photographs of women are ethereal, carnal, dreamlike evocations of the subconscious landscape; By Douglas Cruickshank Apr 12, 2002
"Gaudí" by Gijs van Hensbergen: The man who created the world's most sexy, emotionally charged and theatrical buildings lived a life of fasting and fanatical celibacy.; By Douglas Cruickshank Apr 11, 2002
"May prick nor purse never fail you": This weird history of two men's sex clubs in 18th century Scotland cries out for Mike Meyers and John Cleese.; By Douglas Cruickshank Apr 10, 2002
The politics of money and insanity: Readers respond to a Sept. 11 widow's anger at cartoonist Ted Rall, and to Douglas Cruickshank's criticism of the Andrea Yates verdict.; Mar 21, 2002

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