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Readings

Branwell is a novel describing not so much the arc of Branwell’s character as his steady decline

by Jess Sauer March 24, 2006September 30, 2025

Arts

In Person

BookPeople, Thursday, Nov. 11

by Abe Louise Young November 19, 2004September 30, 2025

Screens

Comedy Is Not the Enemy of Seriousness

Author-activist Robert Newman at the Drafthouse

by Marc Savlov March 5, 2004September 30, 2025

Screens

In Print

The pint-sized media consumer in the family in need of some ungluing from the TV would do well to flip through this new picture book from satirist Brian Gage.

by Kimberley Jones August 8, 2003September 30, 2025

Arts

Atonement, Etc. — Top 10-plus, Special 2002 bonus edition

Books for which we confess our true feelings, reconsider our disdain, or finally find room

by Chronicle Staff January 3, 2003September 30, 2025

Soft Skull

Readings

In Person

Comedy Is Not the Enemy of Seriousness

In Print

Atonement, Etc. — Top 10-plus, Special 2002 bonus edition

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