Sexy Voice and Robo and Harriet the Spy
First published in 1964, Harriet the Spy featured a radically different kind of heroine than the sweet, obedient girls found…
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The Box Man
A few weeks ago, Salon columnist Laura Miller offered a radical suggestion for bookworms: make a New Year’s resolution to…
Happy Cafe, Vol. 1
Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pastry Shop might be a better title for this rom-com about a teen who…
20th Century Boys, Vols. 1-6
Do you remember those first, glorious seasons of Heroes and Lost? Both shows promised to reinvigorate the sci-fi thriller with…
Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms
In The Idea of History, author R. G. Collingwood argues that nineteenth-century historians viewed their task in a different spirit…