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Archives

Stephen Metcalf

The Last American Philosopher?

A Royal Appetite for Books

Tricky, Abstruse Questions Fielded by Frayn the Brain

The Last Gasp of the 1950’s, In Trashy, Sexy Cinemascope

Upmarket, Tastefully Dirty And Deeply Uninvolving

Arrogant Bastard’s Contempt Enlivens Waspish Melodrama

Self-Help Prescription: A Double Dose of Culture

A Quietly Remarkable Memoir Walks a Beat From H.U. to NYPD

Wading Into the Aural Tide: Pop and the Examined Life

A City’s Shining Moment Helps Shape Our Heritag

What’s Going On in the Bedroom? Don’t Freak Ma-It’s Obscurity Rock

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