Larry Charles Dishes on ‘Curb,’ ‘Seinfeld,’ ‘Borat’ and Life
‘Comedy Samurai’ catalogs a stunning career but skimps on introspection
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NON-FICTION
Why Do Puppets Matter?
‘Shari & Lamb Chop’ looks back at the television of a different era
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Advance Retreats From Entertainment
Is this $1.1-billion sale of Warner, a canary in a coal mine?
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Who Are the Killers in ‘Murderland’?
A Pulitzer Prize-winner doesn’t bury the lead
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‘Bad Company’: It’s a Gordon Gekko World
Journalist Megan Greenwell helps explain why journalism, and every other industry, is dying–private equity
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‘The Story of ABBA’
Swedish music journalist doesn’t go deep enough inside the music
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‘Waiting For Britney Spears’
Music journalist Jeff Weiss chronicles his aimless youthful tabloid pursuit of our most troubled diva
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Legends of ‘The Evergreen Review’
Author Pat Thomas revives a classic chronicle of 1960s underground culture
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‘The Acid Queen’ Reclaims the Life of Rosemary Woodruff Leary
Susanah Calahan’s brilliant new biography brings Timothy Leary’s wife out of the LSD guru’s shadow
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Mario Vargas Llosa…Has Died
The last Titan of the Latin American literary boom has fallen
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‘The Evin Prison Bakers’ Club’: Surviving Islamic Repression, One Recipe At a Time
Human rights activist Sepideh Gholian resists the current Iranian regime through testimonies…and sweets
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‘Miracles and Wonder’: Who Was the Real Jesus?
Award-winning religion professor takes on the thorniest of topics
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‘Fight’ is An Accurate Chronicle of American Political Surreality
Tragedy, or farce? The reader is free to make the call
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Amanda Knox, ‘Free’ or Not
In fascinating new book, the unjustly accused Knox unpacks the meaning of freedom as she tries to find her way post-prison
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The Decadent Endgame of Food Competition TV
Too many shows, too few cooks, as food TV eats its own tail
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