‘Pretty Girls Are Like Cars That Need a Lot of Oil’
The 9-year-old author of 'How to Talk to Girls' offers timeless advice.
Posted 11/25/08 in Daily Intel
Media Deathwatch
Working Journalists Give Thanks, Aspiring Writers Get Nervous
Well, it seemed that nobody was fired today. But that didn't mean there was good news.
Posted 11/25/08 in Daily Intel
Election Hangover
Sarah Palin to Save the South for Republicans
She's going to fight for Republican incumbent Saxby Chambliss in the Georgia Senate runoff.
Posted 11/25/08 in Vulture
The Comics Page
Blood, Guts and Vikings: Exclusive Excerpt From Brian Wood’s Comic ‘Northlanders’
As addictive as HBO's 'Rome,' if a good deal more chilly.
Posted 11/20/08 in Vulture
Team Hardwicke vs. Team Stephenie
28 Reasons That ‘Twilight’ the Movie Is Better Than ‘Twilight’ the Book
The movie's more exciting, more fun, and way less annoying than Stephenie Meyer's gazillion-selling blockbuster.
Posted 11/19/08 in Vulture
Literature
If You Know Only One Thing About V.S. Naipaul, It Should Be This
The 'Times' review of a new Naipual biography includes a few great anecdotes about him, but they're all trumped by this one.
Posted 11/19/08 in Vulture
The Comics Page
Exclusive Manga Excerpt: Take a Weird Ride With Yuichi Yokoyama’s ‘Travel’
A book of great beauty and mystery, and the closest you're probably going to come to an acid trip all day.
Posted 11/18/08 in Vulture
Ranters and Ravers
Thin-Slicing Malcolm Gladwell’s Critics
Every critic wants to be Malcolm Gladwell. We thin-slice his critics into the following categories: Prigs, Wannabes, Accountants, and Haters.
Did ‘Twilight’ Star Robert Pattinson Know What He Was Signing Up For?
'I just don't want to get stabbed or something.'
Posted 11/18/08 in Daily Intel
Election Hangover
Drumroll Still Building for Palin Book-Payout Letdown
A London paper says the Alaska governor is thisclose to signing a book deal for $7 million.
Maeve Binchy on ‘The Hard Core’ and Her Uplifting Next Novel About Heart Failure
Binchy raps to Vulture about how she got her writing start from a kibbutz and taking the money and running.
Natasha Wimmer on Translating Bolaño’s ‘2666’
We asked Alan Page, translator of the screenplays '21 Grams' and 'Babel,' to find out how Wimmer did it.
Inside the Mind of the Teenage Girl With Amy Goldwasser
Goldwasser sifted through more than 800 personal essays to find the 58 authors included in 'Red: Teenage Girls in American Write on What Fires Up Their Lives Today.'
Culture Critic Ken Tucker on the Enduring, Inexplicable Influence of ‘Scarface’
We talk to critic Ken Tucker about the 'great shallow masterpiece' 'Scarface' — and why Brian De Palma won't allow a new hip-hop soundtrack.
Posted 11/11/08 in Vulture
The Comics Page
Veterans Day Special: Exclusive Comics Excerpt From WWII Memoir ‘Alan’s War’
A funny and thoughtful graphic memoir of World War II, told through G.I. Alan Cope's warm voice and Emmanuel Guibert's beautiful artwork.
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