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In name only

Politics and other mistakes
All the shame. None of the fun.
By AL DIAMON | December 26, 2007

The wit and wonder of Rhode Islandese

Not for nothin’, but you can tahk like a Vo Dilunduh
Just a few weekends ago, I overheard someone describe the Rhode Island accent as “between Boston and New York.”
By JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | September 05, 2007

Engine of dreams

Tatyana Tolstaya lives up to her name
Reviews of Tatyana Tolstaya are stuffed with adjectives that strain to capture the vigorous joy of her prose or the terrible engine of her imagery.
By DANA KLETTER | April 10, 2007

Poetic license

Carla Bruni’s No Promises
For generations, moony adolescents have stoked their feelings of being sensitive and misunderstood by moping around reading poetry.
By CHARLES TAYLOR | February 20, 2007

Bay Area beats

Is hyphy hip-hop’s next big thing?
Although Oakland’s hyphy movement got its name from a bastardization of the word “hyper,” at this point that could just as easily stand for “hype.”
By MATTHEW GASTEIER | February 19, 2007

Dying breeds

The Cherry Orchard , The Women , Summer and Smoke
Chekhov insisted that his final masterpiece, The Cherry Orchard , was a comedy and fumed at Stanislavsky’s having his characters suffer through their fraying existences at the pace of a Robert Wilson opus.
By CAROLYN CLAY | September 27, 2006

Lovely lad

Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner submits to our inquisition
The 20-year-old genius frontman of the UK’s hottest band sounds just as you’d expect for a cross-continental phoner late into day four of a long tour. I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor (Demo)
By JON GARELICK | June 10, 2006

Lucky Number Slevin

Just another Pulp Fiction wannabe
“It all starts with a horse,” begins wheelchair-bound Mr. Goodkat (Bruce Willis), describing a “Kansas City shuffle” — hipster slang for elaborate misdirection, this film’s MO.
By BRETT MICHEL | April 05, 2006

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