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Short Tall Tales
MARK O'DONNELL'S COLLECTION OF COMIC short stories, VERTIGO PARK AND OTHER TALL TALES (Knopf; $18), is like a literary version of Saturday Night Live -- a boatload of strained laughs mixed with a few great jokes that keep the whole thing afloat. Bright spots: "She didn't realize deliberate...
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom -- a new, rather too strenuously titled HBO film -- is intended to be a spoof of TV's ubiquitous true-crime movies. The joke is that it's more believable than most of the ripped-from-the-headlines docudramas it...
For followers of the Harvard economics scene, Warsh's book contains some fascinating tales of the politics of academia. There is the story of Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein'61 and his rise to the top of his profession.
The Reporter's Notebook has returned from a not-so brief hiatus. The class schedule has been rough, but midterms are nearly over, and staff writers have some intriguing tales to report...