A Persian Poem Soars In ‘Conference Of The Birds’
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Crostatas: They’re Easy As Pie
I used to be a pie person. Apple pie was the first dessert I mastered as a preteen. I started …
Hollywood Stages A DVD Comeback, With Some Snags
As the holiday gift-giving season approaches, a new brand of DVDs is aiming to revolutionize the market. It’s called UltraViolet, …
Interrupting Violence With The Message ‘Don’t Shoot’
In 1985, David M. Kennedy visited Nickerson Gardens, a public housing complex in south-central Los Angeles. It was the beginning …
‘Tinker, Tailor’: The Greatest Spy Story Ever Told
When I was 12, I was hooked on James Bond, both Ian Fleming’s elegantly pulpy novels and the cartoonish movies …
A Second Season? The Horror! The (Potential) (But Avoidable) Horror!
Halloween is over, but the freak in the rubber suit lives on. Yesterday, FX announced that it ordered a second …
Mindy Kaling On Diets, High School And Other American Pastimes
Much of Mindy Kaling’s humor is rooted in something that might seem unfeasible: using logic to explore American culture. But …
Sorrowful ‘Blue Nights’: Didion Mourns Her Daughter
In The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion wrestled with the death of her husband, John Gregory Dunne. The book …
Sandwich Monday: The Humongous Pork Tenderloin Of Indianapolis
San Francisco has a famous neighborhood called the Tenderloin. And Indianapolis has a famous neighborhood-sized sandwich called the Pork Tenderloin. …
John Hodgman And Robert Siegel Consider ‘All’ Things, Some Of Them Rather Dubious
If there’s anything guaranteed to lift the heart of an NPR nerd, it’s the sound of All Things Considered’s Robert …
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