The Foghorn http://www.thefoghornmagazine.com What's New at The Foghorn Magazine en-us The Foghorn http://www.thefoghornmagazine.com http://www.thefoghornmagazine.com/placeholderthebear.jpg Wed, 13 May 2009 13:36:11 -0700 Babies Are We http://www.thefoghornmagazine.com/fact-block-16.php Wipe warmers are the modern-day equivalent of hiring Egyptian slave girls to stand around fanning the infant with giant palm frond fans. Wed, 13 May 2009 13:36:11 -0700 RSSPECT-00881516 What is Cloverfield? (excerpts from a 700-page film review-in-progress) http://www.thefoghornmagazine.com/fact-reubens-1.php Cloverfield is afraid--simply afraid. Not simply: enormously. Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:36:53 -0700 RSSPECT-00845496 She's An Animal http://www.thefoghornmagazine.com/fact-smallwood-5.php Our shtick is one of unspoken commitment; I'll be idly turning over a doily, sneak a glance in her direction and she'll already be rolled over, thinking of England. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:51:16 -0800 RSSPECT-00662793 The Dual Meaning of "Mercenary" http://www.thefoghornmagazine.com/fact-spindler-5.php I married into a family whose savior was a deserter, a murderer, and a thief. Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:41:15 -0700 RSSPECT-00622199 That's So Ancient Greece #3 http://www.thefoghornmagazine.com/fiction-browning-3.php The third in our illustrated series. Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:41:15 -0700 RSSPECT-00622198 The Housing Crisis http://www.thefoghornmagazine.com/fiction-munroe-5.php I thought I was doing just fine - getting the better of the city, saving money. Living well, even. I was renting a pretty luxurious room in a three-bedroom apartment in the Upper East Side. Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:41:15 -0700 RSSPECT-00622197 That's So Ancient Greece #2 http://www.thefoghornmagazine.com/fiction-browning-2.php The second in our illustrated series. Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:13:06 -0700 RSSPECT-00608125 That's So Ancient Greece #1 http://www.thefoghornmagazine.com/fiction-browning-1.php The first in our illustrated series. Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:13:29 -0700 RSSPECT-00592689 Flying http://www.thefoghornmagazine.com/fact-smallwood-4.php The plane is not new. Strips of veneer are peeling under the storage compartment, revealing what looks like (and it cannot possibly be, so it must be some sort of super-strong, NASA-patented flight material) particle board. I do not see duct tape, but I stop looking for it almost immediately. Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:13:28 -0700 RSSPECT-00592688 Jane Austen in Deadwood http://www.thefoghornmagazine.com/fiction-freeny-1.php My daddy used to say the secret was, you smile real big and they'll buy anything you're sellin'. But there weren't no secret my daddy knowed worth anything at all. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:27:09 -0700 RSSPECT-00583025 Death with Dignity http://www.thefoghornmagazine.com/fact-block-15.php I'm not afraid of dying, but I am afraid of dying in a way that guarantees I will be a laughingstock to all future descendents, possible literary biographers, and collectors of arcane death-related trivia. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:51:42 -0700 RSSPECT-00565858 Opening Speech at the Emergency Closed Door Meeting of German-Speaking Kafka Scholars http://www.thefoghornmagazine.com/fiction-munroe-2.php As you well know, for years we have successfully hidden all evidence of Kafka's shadowy Alterlieben: namely, his insatiable lust for hardcore porno. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:51:42 -0700 RSSPECT-00565857 Poses http://www.thefoghornmagazine.com/fiction-shank-1.php I told myself this Christmas we wouldn't be like before. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:41:28 -0700 RSSPECT-00531405 On Toast http://www.thefoghornmagazine.com/fact-smallwood-3.php Sarah Smallwood doesn't like toast. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:07:29 -0700 RSSPECT-00531315 Let's Play a Game http://www.thefoghornmagazine.com/fiction-gupta-2.php Honesty is never the best policy. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:07:29 -0700 RSSPECT-00531314