A Case of Boredom by GHITA SCHWARZ
Boredom has become like fat: once thought of as a privilege of the rich, now a problem of the poor and a source of shame.
If Sammy Davis Jr. had Written Moby-Dick by JACK PENDARVIS
Toastmaster by RACHEL AVIV
Uncovering the ultimate hypocrisy of public speaking.
Tool:Sawzall by PHIL BUSSE
Enter the Mongolian by JIM RULAND
Inside the Las Vegas sumo machine with Mongolia’s Lance Armstrong.
60 Wrd/Min Art Critic by LORI WAXMAN
Doctorow’s Brain by CHRIS BACHELDER
Is fiction a science, or an illusion?
Schema:Realism, Etc. by GREG LARSON
U and Me by JOHN FREEMAN
An appreciation for John Updike turns to mania.
One-Page Reviews VARIOUS
Rick Moody on a new encyclopedia, Sarah Cook on Tom McCarthy, James M. Stubenrauch on Philip K. Dick,
Michelle Richmond on Sheri Joseph, Adam Novy on Russian absurdism, Stephen Burt on Jon Woodward,
and Michael Schulman on two “dangerous”anthologies.
Four-Color Comics by MICHAEL KUPPERMAN
Olivia Judson in conversation with DAVID BYRNE
Finding the sexier side of evolutionary biology, and the associative leaps of faith in faux-scientific diagrams.
Richard Powers interviewed by ALEC MICHOD
“Only inhabiting another’s story can deliver us from certainty.”
Anthony Swofford interviewed by STEPHEN ELLIOTT
The author of the excellent Gulf War memoir Jarhead explains the massive amounts of care, politics, and sex that went into his new novel.
Cheryl Hines interviewed by CARRIE BROWNSTEIN
“Cheryl” from Curb Your Enthusiasm has invented an entire language from various grimaces, smiles, and only one word—Larry.
