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D-Crit Criticism Lab

Adoring Dora

In April 2009 one of the world’s biggest celebrities performed at Radio City Music Hall for thousands of screaming and adoring fans. But she wasn’t glitz and glam like you might expect.


Backward to the Future

All this has happened before. All this will happen again.


The New Undead

“Zombie Pet is kind of cute, if it wasn’t for all the flesh eating.”


Things That Make You Go Zoom

Congratulations, you are a clever young consumer and you’ve decided to buy your first car. Lucky for you, there’s a new way to buy that differs from the antique customs of your parents.


B. Martin Pedersen Interview

Marty Pedersen isn’t stopping. The 74-year-old owner and creative director of Graphis Inc. has been publishing great design since he took the helm in 1986, and he has no plans of slowing down.


The Marriages of Hettie Jones

Poet, author, and former beatnik Hettie Jones exalts the past but she doesn’t cling to it.


New Broadway, I’ll Be There Ere Long

Give my regards to Broadway. As the song says, I should next be remembered to Herald Square. But instead I think I’ll just stroll on down to it.


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