word

Rant
Brian Dykstra rants off on just about everything even though Who the Hell Asked Him?

Fiction
Keith that Walked Away and Praise. Two shorts with Harlem style by Jacques Wakefield.

Book Reviews
The Gorgeous Glossy Gift Books Round-up - Editors' Picks from Wegman on Puppies to the bleak John Deakin, and Donna Karan's ode to Leg, this list is a bookworm's delight.

art

Through The Eyes of a Child: New York
Under the tutelage of a dozen professional photographers, 12 culturally diverse New York children armed with cameras photograph their worlds. The result of these forays is a jubilant array of images that chronicle the way our children view their worlds.

food

Korean Food
Rich Lang's culinary run down on his favorite cuisine takes us past kim chee to the best and tastiest things Made in Korea. In English and Korean.

style

Jill's Little Creatures
Gabrielle Mullem interviews Jewelry designer Jill Platner and explores her glittery little love bugs.

sex/health

Personal Ad Decoder
Karen Tina Harrison's dictionary of want ad love jargon. What every backpage Romeo is really advertising.

tech toys

Run4it.com
Those nice and naughty kids at Agency.com have come up with a killer Christmas game. Santa will never seem the same.

music

Dimuendo and Crescendo in Blue
Essay: Mitch Myers takes us back in time with a heartfelt reprise of Paul Gonsalves' nifty-fifties Newport sax solo.

Interview
Darryl Scipio finds out who puts the flow in Company Flow.

Reviews
Darryl Scipio hip hops over Company Flow's Funcrusher Plus and Common's One Day It'll All Make Sense...

performance

Interview
Stan Schwartz chats up chromosomes and Uma Thurman with Gattaca star Ethan Hawke.

Reviews
Stan also reviews Gattaca, Eves Bayou, and Telling Lies in America.

travel

No Evil
Patrick Joseph travels Mauritania's interior, a place even the locals call hell, but finds no evil.

feedback

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