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A Love Note to St. Paul

Novelist Patricia Hampl recalls Fitzgerald’s notorious, black-sheep reputation in their shared home town, St. Paul. She thinks the critics underestimated him: when it comes to modern life, other novelists — even Hemingway ?- were ?slow on the uptake.?

A writer blogged about a friend of his — a scientist — who had a particular tattoo: a strand of DNA. All of the sudden, other scientists came out of the woodwork to show off their odd ink.

Russia’s protest artists are pioneering new forms of risky, highly public dissent, aimed at mocking Putin, Medvedev and the political class.

South African sci-fi gets high marks again with a new book about people who are bonded with animals.

Monopoly Live, out next fall, will replace paper money with ATM cards, but will that be enough for the game to get with the times?