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Ha Jin
Jin Xuefei—Ha Jin to readers of his seven previous works of fiction... read more
Found in: Books, ReviewsAlicia Keys: As I Am
Alicia Keys’ third studio album is an exercise in... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsSally Shapiro: Disco Romance
Sweden’s Sally Shapiro has been something of an urban legend since her import-only debut made its way to U.S. shores earlier this year... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsDwight Yoakam: Dwight Sings Buck
Bakersfield disciple pays tribute to hitmaker and Hee Haw host Buck Owens... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsPJ Harvey: White Chalk
Put in context, White Chalk serves her purposes, much as Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska served his... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsThe Kite Runner
"Good novels are almost always better than the movies they inspire,” says screenwriter David Benioff. And perhaps it’s true that his adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling novel The Kite Runner is another film with perpetual baggage... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesDarfur Now
When the U.S. House passed a resolution to call the atrocities in Darfur by their “rightful name: ‘genocide,’” it marked the first time in history that the United States had officially recognized the extermination of a people while the killing was still happening. Unlike the Nazi concentration camps... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesComplicated Games
As we learned all the way back to Pong, it’s easier to hook a player with points and tactics than with an emotionally compelling story. Games are inherently a sandbox, and your actions are desensitized by their lack of real-life consequences... read more
Found in: Games, FeaturesBioShock
I played BioShock for the first time late at night. Sitting in my living room with the lights turned off. Somehow I’d managed to block out the game’s interminable pre-release hype... read more
Found in: Games, ReviewsMetroid Prime 3: Corruption
Thinking back to the original two-dimensional Metroid on the Famicom and NES, it’s breathtaking to see how this alien-zapping, pirate-thwarting, space-crawling series has evolved... read more
Found in: Games, Reviews
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