Jonathan Kiefer

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Was That a Joke?

May 25, 2005

Today's irreverent humor - it's irreverent, but is it humor?

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Hello, Sailor

Apr 27, 2005

It's hard to write a biography of someone you don't entirely like.

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Deep-Sea Creature

Jul 28, 2004

August Kleinzahler never wrote a best-seller. Award-winning poets seldom do.

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Blood Will Tell

Apr 28, 2004

Khaled Hosseini explores Fremont's Afghans and Taliban terror in The Kite Runner.

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Resuscitated Heroes

Feb 25, 2004

When novelists turn flesh-and-blood famous figures into fictional characters, are they cheating?

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Graphic Disillusionment

Feb 18, 2004

Art Spiegelman in the post-Maus, post-9/11 world.

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Alone Together

Dec 24, 2003

Have we been reading too much into relationships?

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Get Yer Li’l Kid On

Dec 3, 2003

Attaboy hits the "puree" button on the mighty blender.

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