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John Blades

Writer John Blades is a former book editor/critic at the Chicago Tribune and author of the 1992 novel, Small Game (Holt). He has also written for the Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, The Morning News, and numerous other publications.

Closed Heart Surgery

Going under the knife is an arduous, lonely experience, and anyone who will share your pain is welcome. But Donald Rumsfeld? Writer JOHN BLADES finds an unlikely medical companion in the Defense secretary. (Op-Ed | October 24, 2006)

Gone Missing

With so many people gone missing these days, what do you do when your loved one’s gone too? Hire a private detective, that’s what you do! John Blades is hot on a trail of stunning clues. (Stories | April 15, 2003)


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

More From Gore Vidal

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...