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...wondered, What was that? That was a hitchhiker.” Unlike a lot of pop comedians, Handey doesn’t just riff on alcohol and sex, although he can and does. He has a message of social justice to convey, even if it is broad, unfocused, and??like the rest of the book—all over the place.The chapter “Attila the Hun’s Greatest Speech,” effectively combines famous quotes from the speeches of the modern Western canon into a monologue that critiques the violence of our heroic...
...because of his appearance on the “Juno” soundtrack with former Moldy Peaches bandmate Kimya Dawson. Green’s latest solo album may deliver a sarcastic shock or two to newer fans familiar with only his latest claim to fame. The album begins exuberantly and?? though Green masks this sentiment in countless clever guises—it remains so throughout. The array of genres is dizzying. Green croons unabashedly on “Tropical Island,” coupling stereotypically lilting island music with lyrics like “Ring-ding, another...
...leave. I think I might have left the city once over a period of seven years. All I wanted to do was stay out late and roam the streets of New York.” Due in great part to these photos, McGinley received a 2007 ICP Infinity Award, and??at 24—became the youngest photographer to have a solo show at the Whitney Museum. But then he left New York. And he cast a group of young beautiful people to help him make his new road-trip project, “I Know Where...
...hone, revise, even recreate his writing. So what’s new about the new stories in his latest book of short stories?Frankly, not much.Wolff was already a sophisticated writer a decade ago; his marginal improvement can only be that—marginal. His characters, his versatility, and??oh, God—his language are as mesmerizing as ever. But Wolff’s greatest strength is the way in which he ponders the complexity of contemporary issues through the subtlest and simplest instances of the everyday. In “Our Story Begins...
...paradigmatic example of top-down opinion leadership is the Supreme Court’s 1954 “Brown v. Board of Education” decision calling for desegregation. The Supreme Court’s decision reflected and??likely more so—contributed to shifting public opinion on racial issues...