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Monolith Q&A: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

Westword | Westword | Posted 11.09.2009 | Home


With early support from one of the country's most important independent radio stations, KEXP in Seattle, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart --...

What to Do When You Don't Know the Answer

Jerry Weissman | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics


Jerry Weissman

It's perfectly permissible to admit that you are not the repository of every minute fact known to humankind. No one expects you to be a walking encyclopedia.

Is the Honeymoon Over?

Jerry Weissman | Posted 07.30.2009 | Media


Jerry Weissman

How are Obama's relations with his former idolaters going to play out? Is the honeymoon over?

Malcolm Gladwell and Others Bring a Novel Approach to Book Readings

Danny Groner | Posted 07.30.2009 | Entertainment


Danny Groner

Reading aloud from their books, authors hope that readers will relate to the material, its characters, themes, comedic moments and underlying messages. When writers can convey these elements themselves, it's even more potentially provocative and lucrative.

"When Did You Stop Beating Your Wife?"

Jerry Weissman | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics


Jerry Weissman

Sooner or later every human being on the face of this planet is confronted with tough questions. One of the toughest and most common is the infamous l...

Interview With Zoe Heller: 'I End Up Loathing Myself'

Christina Patterson | Posted 07.13.2009 | Entertainment


Christina Patterson

This tall, lithe, creature, with toned-as-Michelle-Obama's arms and a living-in-the-Bahamas tan, a creature whose latest internationally bestselling novel has garnered reviews Martin Amis would kill for, can't really mean 'self-loathing,' can she?