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Sam Riley
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SFIF Questionnaire for the Bay Area
If you are overwhelmed with the myriad film and party options available at this year’s San Francisco International Film Festival, worry no more, you’re just five questions away from narrowing down the endless celluloid festivities and overcoming your indecision. (These…
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Books and Happiness
A study published in this month’s Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine suggests that bookish teens tend to be less depressed than those who immerse themselves in the trendy deluge of mainstream media. The act of reading requires creativity and…
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A Lot of Art, Little Management
The San Francisco Civic Art Collection, a 90 million dollar stockpile of paintings, statues and other pieces, is in disarray due to poor management. Much of the art that is supposed to decorate San Francisco’s public spaces—emblematic of the city’s…
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Radiolab Portrait
The New York Times Magazine takes a look at the producers behind “Radiolab,” humanities majors’ favorite science researchers and sonic pioneers. Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich’s show has gotten increasingly popular since it first started in 2005 and is only…
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Timothy Donnelly
“…(at least in most cases) the writing of a poem is initiated by the articulation of a relatively vague idea or impulse, and the implications that emanate from that articulation in tandem with its sonic properties will guide the next…
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America’s Most Challenged Books
The American Library Association’s 2010 List of Most Challenged Books has been officially released. This year’s scandalous subject matter includes penguin adoption, vampire love and topics in Aldous Huxley’s classic novel, Brave New World.