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You can never know too much about Johnny Cash, one of the few icons who stands up to repeated listenings, readings, late-night and early morning considerations. You come home from a bad night out, a great night out, sort through…

I was always better at stories than at real life. Books are a religion I have found to be more lasting than any church-based one. You must read David Foster Wallace, my friend and fellow believer said, like I was…

It is not often that a book brings me to tears, but this book had me weeping into my pillow for much longer than is considered appropriate. This novel by Junot Diaz is just what the title suggests: the story…

Despite what some might see as a fuming belligerence that characterizes our age (tea partiers, Rush Limbaugh, Charlie Sheen, etc.), I think we’re hampered by a cultural tendency to be overly polite, especially when it comes to the arts. Go…