Social A’s: Teen Email Disaster!

Dear Answer Lady,

I am a totally unfamous novelist in my late twenties. I sometimes get email from readers but it’s rare enough enough that I am usually taken by surprise when it happens. My “fan mail” is flattering but also sometimes unnerving…

Sarah Palin Quotes, Misrepresents Walter Cronkite

The Military and the White Power Facebook

I’ve always wondered what it’s like to have what they call White Pride. I mean, I understand people who like the Gay Pride, and the Black Pride and the East Asian Pride, and so when I think about it casually the White Pride doesn’t sound so crazy? Though I…

Is Oakland the New Williamsburg? (Answer: Oh Hell No)

Leonard Cohen As Tired Of “Hallelujah” Montages As Everyone Else

“I was just reading a review of a movie called Watchmen that uses it, and the reviewer said ‘Can we please have a moratorium on Hallelujah in movies and television shows?’ And I kind of feel the same way. I think it’s a…

Managed Expectations, Part 6: Guilt Trips In Midtown

by Marisa Meltzer

Into Manhattan — The Sexless Therapist — A Great Week! — A Romance Questioned — Who Needs a Hug? — An Awful Shock

NBC Universal In Cross-Promotional ‘Bruno’ Ecstasy

Chris Anderson’s ‘Free’ Anecdote Comes To Life, Calls Chris Anderson Wrong

Airport book writers have always loved their anecdotes. But sometimes the anecdotes do not enjoy being such! Particularly when the events of their anecdotage are totally misconstrued. The anecdote in…

26 Awesome People Arrested, Released In Capitol Building Protest

The Continuing Mystery Of Lady Gaga

Marketing Campaign Frightens, Disgusts

“An unmarked box arrived containing a frosted, seemingly rusted jar. Inside was a pair of swim trunks, “chewed” up and bloody-looking; a key attached to a flotation disk, as if for a boat, and a few other weathered, nautical items.