Not All Rainbows, Puppies, and Smiles
Thursday, November 13, 2003
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(A New Yorker cover by Art Spiegelman)
When illustrated stories are called ‘graphic novels’, they leave the kids’ section of the bookstore and sometimes garner serious adult critical acclaim. Maus author Art Spiegelman is the granddaddy of graphic novel, so why is he now tackling fairy tales for old and young?
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Art for Art's Sake
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Burning the Midnight Oil
Brandt Goldstein Writer on legal issues in Washington and author of a forthcoming book on Haitians at Guantanamo Bay (Scribner)on the reasons behind the Senate's 30-hour- "talk-a-thon"
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