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Saturday, November 21, 2009

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Francis Raven

Francis Raven’s books include 5-Haifun: Of Being Divisible (Blue Lion Books, 2008), Shifting the Question More Complicated (Otoliths, 2007), Taste: Gastronomic Poems (Blazevox, 2005), and the novel, Inverted Curvatures (Spuyten Duyvil, 2005). Francis lives in Washington, D.C.; you can see more of his work at his web site.

Lacoste of Living

After three-quarters of a century, a quintessential shirt picks up a lot of baggage—some good, some ironically so, all obsession-worthy. FRANCIS RAVEN chases the crocodile across France and Morocco. (Personal Essays | July 31, 2009)

Bill Keaggy

“A collector, maker, and breaker of things,” since 1997 Bill Keaggy has amassed a collection of over 700 grocery lists. Francis Raven talks with him about his collecting habits and why it is that nobody can spell “bannana” “bananna” “banana.” (People | March 28, 2005)


TODAY’S FEATURE

The Game of Love

Anyone who says video games shouldn’t appeal to adults, let alone women, has never flirted with General Carth Onassi. MARIE MUTSUKI MOCKETT explores a virtual courtship.

OUR MAN IN BOSTON

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Like the man himself, Gore Vidal's scrapbook of the past half-century is unparalleled.

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RoseLee Goldberg

RoseLee Goldberg is an art historian, curator, and author of Performance Art: From Futurism to the Present. In 2004, she founded PERFORMA, a non-profit arts...