Walker Art Center Offers “Five Ways In” To Its Collection
The Walker’s new collection exhibit is designed to demonstrate that modern artists didn’t simply reject the subjects that occupied their predecessors.
Book Review: Juliet Escoria’s “Juliet the Maniac” is a Window Into a Warped World
Juliet Escoria, a veteran of the alt lit movement, has a new novel that tumbles through a troubled teenage life to kaleidoscopic effect.
Book Review: Miriam Toews’s “Women Talking” Explores an Uneasy Resilience
In “Women Talking,” author Miriam Toews peers into the void faced by a community of women who learn they’ve been drugged and abused for years.
Book Review: Cara Robertson’s “The Trial of Lizzie Borden” Gets (Close) to the Bottom of America’s Longest-Standing True Crime Fascination
With the publication of Cara Robertson’s Lizzie Borden book, America at last has a confident and reasonably concise account of this infamous case.
Audiobook Review: Star Wars YA Title Asks Millennium Falcon Smugglers to Pay a “Pirate’s Price”
“Star Wars: Pirate’s Price” is the second book in the Flight of the Falcon series for young readers. Author Lou Anders imagines elaborate environments.
11 Posts the Tumblr Porn Police Came At Us For
Tumblr’s new community guidelines are here, and you bet your sweet bippy we’re in violation! Here are all the DIRTY PICS.
New Harry Potter Board Games…You Know, For Kids!
It’s only fitting that Harry Potter board games continue to pile up on the rec room closet. Jay tested a couple of new offerings from Pressman.
Book Review: Mark O’Connell’s “Watching Skies” Celebrates the Blockbuster Generation
Mark O’Connell’s new book takes an affectionate, nostalgic look back at the first blockbuster decade, from “Jaws” to “The Goonies.”
Christmas Audiobook Review: The Christmas Stories of Louisa May Alcott
If you only know the Christmas-play scene from “Little Women,” you only know one dimension of Louisa May Alcott’s several Christmas stories.
Movie Review: “Mary Poppins Returns,” in High Fidelity
“Mary Poppins Returns” is very much a movie musical, ready to leap onto the stage at a moment’s notice. It’s buoyant, despite missed opportunities.
Funny How These Classic Arcade Games Aren’t as Addictive as I Remember
A new plug-and-play (you’ll probably need a longer USB cord) device offers a portal back to a time when all we wanted to do was shoot rows of aliens.
Christmas Audiobook Review: Gregory Maguire’s “Hiddensee”
In most productions of Tchaikovsky’s ballet, godfather Drosselmeyer gives off a creepy vibe. Gregory Maguire’s “Hiddensee” explores his backstory.