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Cartoonists Josh Alan and Drew Friedman

The brothers team up to create strips, panels, and movie poster take-offs that appear in Spy Magazine, National Lampoon, and Raw. They are known for their realistic drawings and caustic wit. Their new book is called Warts and All.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, September 20, 1990: Interview with Gary Snyder; Review of Bob Dylan's album "Under the Red Sky"; Interview with Josh Alan and Drew Friedman; Review of the film "GoodFellas…
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Poet Gary Snyder on "The Practice of the Wild"

Snyder was part of the beat poetry scene in 1950s San Francisco, and inspired a character in several Jack Kerouac novels. He studied Eastern philosophy and religion, and later settled in a more isolated part of the United States -- far from the urban world. He won the Pulitzer Prize, and continues to teach and write. His new collection of essays considers his relationship with the wilderness.

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Another Bad Review for Dylan's Latest

Rock critic Ken Tucker agrees with the other reviews of Under the Red Sky he's read: Bob Dylan's smugness and surface-level lyrics come across as little more than a joke.

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'My Favorite Thing Is Monsters' Is A Dazzling, Graphic Novel Tour-De-Force

These days, almost every new movie, TV show, album or book feels so anticipated and pre-packaged that we're already tired of it by the time it's released. This makes it especially thrilling when something dazzling just appears like that alien spaceship in Arrival, startling even those whose business it is be in the know.

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'Legion' Is A Fun, Fast-Paced TV Adaptation Of The Marvel Comic

There are two things viewers should know right from the start about Legion, which premieres Wednesday night on FX. One is that it doesn't look, or feel, like a drama based on a comic book — it's more like a next-generation version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, as filtered through H.P. Lovecraft or Edgar Allan Poe.

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