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The Ten Thousand Hours It Takes to Become Well-Dressed

Christian Chensvold | Posted 02.07.2013 | Style
Christian Chensvold

Certain men may be born with the kind of physique and charisma for which great clothes make the perfect pedestal. But they still have to practice dressing. They have to develop the faculty for what looks good on them.

When Literary Characters Aren't Stereotypical

Dave Astor | Posted 08.07.2012 | Books
Dave Astor

Who are your favorite non-stereotypical literary characters?

Karl Rove's "Real Americans"

José Rodríguez-Suárez | Posted 04.24.2012 | Latino Voices
José Rodríguez-Suárez

The positions that candidates take on Puerto Rico issues will influence the increasingly important group of voters of Puerto Rico origin in the U.S. However, candidates may not have realized that what they say about Puerto Rico can also have a significant impact on Hispanic voters in general.

The Geography of Good Coffee in New York

Alex Henry | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Alex Henry

I first got to know certain New York streets and neighborhoods from my espresso-scouting missions. A mental map started to emerge, illuminated as if by a caffeinated glow in each of these spots.

The Susan Boyle Story And Why We Love Rags-To-Riches Authors

The Millions | Tat Jana Soli | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

It has come to my attention that a favorite interview question for authors, especially debut authors, is what you did before you were a published. The...

Suketu Mehta: Bombay's Biographer

Christopher Lydon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Christopher Lydon

Suketu Mehta's masterwork, Maximum City, did for Bombay what the immortals Dickens and Balzac did for London and Paris.

TIFF Takeaway: America the Unbeautiful

Erica Abeel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Erica Abeel

In past film fests, we could usually thank foreigners for savaging the U.S. But this time around, it's mostly American filmmakers whose spot-on critiques of the zeitgeist double as razor-sharp entertainment.