- September 25, 2006
- The Giant Boy
Orson Welles eats his biographer.
- September 25, 2006
- Long After the Flood
The postapocalypse hits Chelsea.
- September 25, 2006
- The Ma and Pa of the Intelligentsia
Robert Silvers and Barbara Epstein of The New York Review of Books set the table for the city’s left intellectuals for the past 40 years. But now that Epstein’s gone, home is a lot lonelier.
- September 21, 2006
- Uptown Arts
Our picks from the October lineup at Makor, the 92nd Street Y’s performing-arts center on the West Side.
- September 18, 2006
- Orifice Rex
From whence does the sublime emerge? In his wonderful new novel, Memorial, Bruce Wagner has some ideas.
- September 18, 2006
- Curious Figure: Mark Haddon
His new follow-up, A Spot of Bother, follows a surprisingly ordinary father, George, sent into a panic by a patch of eczema he’s convinced is terminal cancer.
- September 18, 2006
- Tune In Tomorrow
The newest shows track one complex plot over a whole season. But are they really worth the investment?
- September 18, 2006
- Bones
We’re delighted by the return of Emily Deschanel as forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan and David Boreanaz as FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth.
- September 18, 2006
- The Political Agenda
Bush-bashing books (and the Coulter voters on the other side) are everywhere, as everyone starts casting an eye toward the midterm elections.
- September 18, 2006
- The Last (Great) Season of “The Simpsons”
Those who want to truly savor the show’s cultural importance can start—or, rather, end—with the recent DVD release of the show’s eighth season, which marks the final year of a six-season run of sustained genius.

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