SPECIAL
Going Short: Some authors simply prefer compact storytelling over the novel's wordy road | Big Books Feature by Petula Caesar
Let's Get Short: City Paper's Big Books Issue 2009 takes a look at fiction's overlooked gems | Big Books Feature
Neverending Stories: Short stories continue to be where sci-fi writers explore their big ideas | Big Books Feature by Adrienne Martini
Dead End: Has a single James Joyce short story unduly influenced contemporary American short fiction? | Big Books Feature by John Barry
The Storytellers: 27 Writers on 27 Short Stories from 27 Authors | Big Books Feature
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NEWS
Red Line Fever: Behind the hype and hysteria surrounding the proposed new light-rail project | Mobtown Beat by Michael Byrne
Walk for Drug Recovery: Baltimore celebrates national recovery month | Mobtown Beat by Edward Ericson Jr.
Murder Ink | The Mail
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COLUMNS
Poor Health:
One of the most stunning parts of the debate about health-care reform is how often the plight of the poor gets shut out of the discussion. | Political Animal by Brian Morton
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COMICS
Dirt Farm: by Ben Claassen III
Important Comics: by Dina Kelberman
Just Ask Larnell: by Larnell Custis Butler
Lulu Eightball: by Emily Flake
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MUSIC
Misdiagnosed: HEALTH's volcanic noise-pop gets a new finish | Music by Raymond Cummings
The Feelies: Crazy Rhythms, The Good Earth
| Review by
Lee Gardner
The Short List
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FILM
The Baader Meinhof Complex
| Review by
Ian Grey
Lorna's Silence
| Review by
Bret McCabe
Thirst
| Review by
Jeff Niesel
Passing Strange
| Review by
Lee Gardner
Bright Star
| Review by
Bret McCabe
Pandorum
| Review by
Joe MacLeod
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