In the April 2006 issue:
Thirteen Ways of Seeing Nature in L.A. by Jenny Price
Los Angeles is the ideal place to tackle the problem of how to write about nature.
The Happiness Doctors by Strawberry Saroyan
Can a fusion of science, self-help, and a few grumpy psychologists make us happier?
Critical Intimacy by Lisa Levy
Sorting through the superabundance of contradictory adjectives in Susan Sontag’s obituaries.
Museum: National Museum of Health and Medicine by Brian H. Kehrl
It Never Entered My Mind by Michael Almereyda
Travelling with William Eggleston, a deeply intelligent Southern photographer, in the real world.
Stuff I’ve Been Reading by Nick Hornby
Paul Giamatti interviewed by Eric Spitznagel
Picking crumbs of granola from his belly, the guy from Sideways and Cinderella Man says interesting things about science fiction.
One-Page Reviews
Adam Novy on Gustave Flaubert, Christopher Byrd on David Mitchell, Ruth David Konigsberg on Chris Abani, Dan Johnson on Kenneth Burke, Mac Barnett on Justus Ballard, and Brandon Stosuy on Geraldine Kim.
Adam Curtis in conversation with Errol Morris
The two filmmakers discuss paranoia, notional moles, and how to make stock footage expressionistic.
The Power of Nightmares (an excerpt) Adam Curtis
La Zona Fantasma Javier Marías
Isaac Brock interviewed by Brian Barr
The Modest Mouse frontman steals ideas from restaurants, simmers fish in coconut sauce, and says out loud: “I wish I had gills.”
Schema: Felinology Gustavo Turner
The Either/Or Kill or Die For Aptitude Test by Eric Fischl
Etgar Keret interviewed by Ben Ehrenreich
Israel’s most popular writer on the importance of defeat, desperation, and ambiguity.
Sedaratives by Zach Galifianakis
