From Postmodern Culture, Jeffrey T. Nealon (PSU): The Swerve around P: Literary Theory after Interpretation. From Sens Public, an article on how the exercise of imagined history is probably one of the best antidotes to violence. Negative campaign: Winning consumer votes by catering to political disdain. The Maverick Myth: You can't read a story about John McCain without seeing the word "maverick". From Vanity Fair, an excerpt from Not the Girl Next Door: Joan Crawford, a Personal Biography by Charlotte Chandler; inside the making of "The Graduate": An excerpt from Pictures at a Revolution by Mark Harris; an article on Mailer’s movie madness; and Michael Wolff on how reality shows and YouTube are killing the Hollywood story. To hell with the Archbishop of Canterbury: Christopher Hitchens on Rowan Williams'

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