Aug 20 2018
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1. Next, “Too Close”
2. Brandy and Monica, “The Boy Is Mine”
3. Shania Twain, “You’re Still The One”
4. Savage Garden,…
Laura Adamczyk
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Laura Adamczyk is an associate editor for The A.V. Club and oversees its books section. Her short story collection, Hardly Children, was published in 2018.
Aug 4 2018
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Every month, a deluge of new books comes flooding out from big publishers, indie houses, and self-publishing…
Jul 23 2018
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Early in the actor’s career, Parker Posey once spazzed out so much during an audition that the casting director…
Jun 23 2018
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I used to think it silly how wild people went over peaches or ramps or morels—any highly seasonal crop that has a…
Apr 30 2018
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1. Beyoncé, “Irreplaceable”
2. Rihanna, “Umbrella (feat. Jay Z)”
3. Gwen Stefani (feat. Akon), “The Sweet Escape”
4.…
Apr 21 2018
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While in Vermont recently, I fell ill. Something was going around, and I got it. There was, as a local had said…
Apr 2 2018
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Mar 5 2018
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1. Nickelback, “How You Remind Me”
2. Ashanti, “Foolish”
3. Nelly, “Hot In Herre”
4. Nelly (feat. Kelly Rowland),…
Feb 17 2018
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Three staffers, three unabashed recommendations.
Jan 20 2018
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Three staffers, three unabashed recommendations.
Jan 15 2018
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“In the last five years I’ve been arrested about eight times, shot twice, not twice on one occasion but once on two…
Dec 19 2017
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Well, you’ve done it again. You’re a thoughtless piece of human garbage who couldn’t get your shit together enough…
Dec 15 2017
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This week we begin our AVQ&As that serve as an overview of the year, starting with this annual question:
Dec 14 2017
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Ryan Gosling slugging it out with Harrison Ford in a ballroom of holograms. Saoirse Ronan defiantly rolling out of a…
Dec 12 2017
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Dec 8 2017
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What Ghost did for pottery, Jon Favreau’s Chef did for grilled cheese sandwiches—both films used close-up framing…
Dec 8 2017
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This week’s question comes from A.V. Club assistant editor Alex McLevy:
Dec 7 2017
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With its echoing, gossamer guitars, the debut, self-titled album from Brooklyn four-piece Cigarettes After Sex…
Dec 4 2017
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Something about this year made reading books feel not just crucial, but a little bit transgressive. Maybe it’s the…
Dec 2 2017
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Three staffers, three unabashed recommendations.