Reading and lounging and watching.

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• Within the Context of WASP Context Assessing the legacy of George W. S. Trow.
  Stephen Metcalf Dec. 8, 2006
  
• Elegies for Parenthood The literary legacy of the stifling 1950s family.
  Stephen Metcalf Sept. 13, 2006
  
• French Class The casual, moral genius of Eric Rohmer.
  Stephen Metcalf Aug. 29, 2006
  
• Martyred by the Mob What Giovanni Falcone died for, and why.
  Stephen Metcalf July 26, 2006
  
• Friends Aren't What They Used To Be The new ethos of intimacy.
  Stephen Metcalf July 14, 2006
  
• The Worst Best Movie Why on earth did The Searchers get canonized?
  Stephen Metcalf July 6, 2006
  
• The Devil Wears Nikes Liking Isiah Thomas against my better judgment.
  Stephen Metcalf June 29, 2006
  
• On First Looking Into To Kill a Mockingbird How sentimental and nostalgic is it?
  Stephen Metcalf June 9, 2006
  
• Beyond Bugs Bunny The quest to find the perfect children's cartoon.
  Stephen Metcalf June 2, 2006
  
• Why Is Beloved Beloved? After all the plaudits, it's time to look at the novel's merits.
  Stephen Metcalf May 18, 2006
  
• The Giuliani Presidency? A new documentary makes the case against the outsized mayor.
  Stephen Metcalf May 11, 2006
  
• Everyman's Complaint Is Roth mourning mortality or the loss of sexual privilege?
  Stephen Metcalf May 4, 2006
  
• The Great American Drama Queen How Capote the film explains Capote the writer.
  Stephen Metcalf April 26, 2006
  
• Liberal Intellectuals Are they really endangered?
  Stephen Metcalf April 18, 2006
  
• The Moral Animal David Brooks' curious take on Tom Wolfe and the Duke lacrosse scandal.
  Stephen Metcalf April 11, 2006
  
• "King Bomb" Why did Peter Jackson's King Kong fail at the box office?
  Stephen Metcalf April 4, 2006
  
• Game of Shadows How Barry Bonds became the melon-head he is today, and why baseball is to blame.
  Stephen Metcalf March 30, 2006