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An Assassin Confesses: Chris Faraone on his ebook, "I Killed Breitbart"new

Dig Boston news and features editor Chris Faraone says his confrontation with the late Andrew Breitbart raised the ire of "a few Breitbart minions."
Philadelphia Weekly  |  Randy LoBasso  |  12-12-2013  |  Books

John Baer on 25 Years of Covering Pa. Politicsnew

Baer is one of those old-school columnists who breaks down the news by making each point ring like a gunshot, then slides a sweet little daisy of a last sentence into the muzzle as the smoke clears.
Philadelphia Weekly  |  Tara Murtha  |  12-05-2012  |  Books

Bookstore Shelves Creak with Racist Panic Booksnew

This week we think about 9/11, and everything that came after, including the first new literary genre of the millennium: Islamic panic.
Philadelphia Weekly  |  Staff  |  09-10-2007  |  Books

Satanic Snot Rags and Potbellied Dinosaursnew

Here's a spring reading list to thaw your brain, spleen and heart.
Philadelphia Weekly  |  Willa Rohrer  |  03-26-2007  |  Books

Slams at the Slaughternew

A debate grows within the black poetry movement.
Philadelphia Weekly  |  Raymond Tyler  |  02-20-2007  |  Books

'Chewing Gum' for the Eyesnew

From meat sculptures to pint-sized psychopaths, these books boast all you need to beat the yule blues.
Philadelphia Weekly  |  Willa Rohrer  |  11-20-2006  |  Books

Ghetto Fictionnew

It used to be what you'd hear at the barbershop, and now it's being passed off as literature.
Philadelphia Weekly  |  Kia Gregory  |  06-05-2006  |  Books

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