Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Jonathan Franzen's Dramatic Adventures in Webster Groves Real Estate: The Play!

A new play based on Jonathan Franzen's essay "House For Sale" opens this Saturday, October 13, at The Duke on 42nd Street, a theater in New York. Actually, it's just previews; the "post-opening" is October 25. (But where is the actual opening?) The essay concerns Franzen's return to Webster Groves ... More >>

William S. Burroughs, Scientologist

image viaWilliam S. Burroughs: even weirder than we thought.​Picture it: Tangiers, 1959. William S. Burroughs, author of the newly published Naked Lunch (and, incidentally, scion of a wealthy St. Louis family), is visiting his friend Brion Gysin's restaurant when he meets John and Mary Cooke, ... More >>

St. Louis Stage Capsules

Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

St. Louis Stage Capsules

Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

What's The Matter With Meat, Foer?

​Novelist Jonathan Safran Foer is coming to Washington University this Thursday evening to chat with students and anyone else who cares about his personal journey from occasional meat-eater to dedicated vegetarian. That journey took him through the unholy abattoirs of the modern factory farmin ... More >>

Jonathan Franzen Comes to Town, Gets Adulation and a Marriage Proposal

No photos were allowed while Franzen was reading (Kris Kleindienst threatened violence), but imagine, if you will, him standing behind this podium in a dark gray checked shirt and jeans.​All hail the Mighty Franzen, who finally returned to his hometown last night, just days after his anointmen ... More >>

Food Safety Legislation Stalls in U.S., Turns Violent in China

While a senator vows to stall the food safety bill in the Senate, the Chinese government takes a much firmer stance against producers of tainted food. The Associated Press reports that Chinese authorities will instate the death penalty against the worst food safety violators. Minnesota Public Radi ... More >>

From Mark Twain to Jonathan Franzen, St. Louis has been home to a surprising number of great writers

Jonathan Franzen's Face Graces Cover of Time

​Webster Grovians, prepare yourselves! Tomorrow the newest edition of Time magazine hits newsstands, featuring, on its cover, the tortured visage of native son Jonathan Franzen beside the headline "Great American Novelist". Franzen is the first living writer to grace the magazine's cover since ... More >>

The Past Is a Cancelled Check

Except when it's not

Ten Suggested Jobs for a Post-Rams Scott Linehan

Viral Marketing

Week of May 31, 2007

Tarnished Ivory

White Countess writes an inglorious final chapter for a dynamic filmmaking duo

Holiday Feast

Our critics chew on the film trends of '05

Ur-body

Get they old art on

Wonder About the Water

And the water's wonders?

Vile with a Smile

Stephen Fry masterfully transcribes the wit of Waugh to the big screen

Why Are You Such a Knucklehead?

Week of November 13, 2002

What Are You Doing About Male Impotence?

Published the week of July 19-25, 2000