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Anna Wainwright is a Brooklyn-based writer and editor. A Manhattan native and a graduate of the University of Chicago in comparative literature, she threw over plans for an academic career as soon as she returned to New York and found herself writing a novel. She runs the website www.francetoday.com, and is a contributing editor at the Brooklyn Rail. Follow her on Twitter:http://twitter.com/annawainwright

Blog Entries by Anna Wainwright

Welcome Back, Mr. Polanski

6 Comments | Posted September 28, 2009 | 01:57 PM (EST)


The legendary director Roman Polanski was arrested Saturday in Switzerland, as he arrived to receive an award at the Zurich Film Festival. After hiding out in France for the last 30 years, he now faces extradition to the United States, where he would finally be forced to face the consequences...

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Carrie Prejean, Let's Talk About Milk

134 Comments | Posted May 13, 2009 | 03:16 PM (EST)


Let's all wish Carrie Prejean a Happy Birthday. Miss California USA turns 22 today, and thanks to a garbled pageant answer on national television and the support of the National Organization for Marriage, she's poised to become the new Anita Bryant before she hits 23. God help us all.
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Swine Flu and the City

Posted April 28, 2009 | 10:58 PM (EST)


Thank god Arlen Specter went Democrat. Not only is it great for the Democratic Party (and yet another indication that the GOP continues to sink beneath the waves) but it finally pushed swine flu hysteria down the page. I've been in an absolute panic about the disease since Saturday, and...

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It's Not OK, Seth Rogen

Posted April 21, 2009 | 01:55 PM (EST)


In Asher Roth's hit single "I Love College", the 24 year-old rapper warns "Don't leave the house 'til the booze is gone/ And don't have sex if she's too gone ". Let's talk about alcoholism some other time. I found myself listening to this song approvingly the other day, and...

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