The book on film By Sarah Vowell
Director Martin Scorsese presents a new series of books about film, starring James Agee, Vachel Lindsay, David Selznick and "2001." (05/10/00)

The Dixie Chicks, TV Guide and me By Sarah Vowell
America's favorite weirdly schizophrenic magazine comes bound in leather in swanky hotel rooms. (04/26/00)

Songs that kill By Sarah Vowell
In the dark comic world of "American Psycho," pop is an essential soundtrack to murder. (04/12/00)

All this useful beauty By Sarah Vowell
The hottest art show in America is never better than Tom Cruise in his underwear. Wouldn't a nice Kate Spade handbag be so much more practical? (03/29/00)

"T for Texas/T for Tennessee" By Sarah Vowell
From "Waltz Across Texas" to "The Tennessee Waltz": Will Bush or Gore dance his way to the White House? (03/15/00)s

The ballad of Luther and Johnny By Sarah Vowell
In the jungles of Southeast Asia, 12-year-old twins lead a band of rebels. My twin sister and I got into trouble a lot, too. (03/01/00)

Honest Abe and Earnest Al By Sarah Vowell
Reciting Lincoln's words, Gore -- the geek candidate who cares about climate change in 10th century Mexico -- confronts America's most famous presidential ghost. (02/16/00)

Please sir, may I have a mother? By Sarah Vowell
Despite the WB's reputation as the teen-sex network, shows like "Dawson's Creek" and "Roswell" owe their appeal more to the damaged-family yearnings of a Bront‘ or Dickens novel than to sheer skin. (02/02/00)

Risky business By Sarah Vowell
Tom Cruise is not one of us. He's always aloof and alone, seemingly judging us with his eyes. He makes us very, very nervous. Maybe that's why we can't resist him. (01/19/00)

My favorite things By Sarah Vowell
Bathrobes, Canadians and plastic chairs: These were the things that made my year. (01/05/00)

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