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Review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Half-Blood isn't half bad
For teenagers, everything seems like the end of the world: popularity, school, love, family, treacherous conspiracies, the war between good and evil wizards.
By PETER KEOUGH | July 17, 2009

Can't escape Snape at LeakyCon

Pottering Around
Sure, Figawi Race Weekend is a blast, but how many times in my life would I have the opportunity to mingle with more than 750 J.K. Rowling devotees? So, this past Memorial Day weekend, I decided to skip Nantucket and join the all-ages, international assembly of Potter-heads at Boston's Park Plaza Hotel for LeakyCon 2009.
By NEELY STEINBERG | May 27, 2009

Heroes of our time

From Bond to Bourne, the good guys (and girls) buck the system
In interviews promoting The Bourne Ultimatum , Matt Damon has argued that his Jason Bourne has supplanted James Bond as the hero of our time.
By PETER KEOUGH | July 31, 2007

The last Potter

What does the end mean for Harry’s strange Boston disciples?
The end is never easy, is it?
By SHARON STEEL | July 24, 2007

Breaking the spell

Harry Potter’s story comes to an end — but will readers, or reading, ever be the same?
How did a “children’s story” become the literary epic of our time?
By JOYCE MILLMAN | July 24, 2007

Hairy Potter

Hormones submit to dreary Order
Whatever else it may be, the Harry Potter Edda is surely the most popular narrative about the dawning of pubertal awareness ever created.
By MICHAEL ATKINSON | July 10, 2007

Crossword: 'Ghost of a chance'

What's the common link?
What's the common link?
By MATT JONES | May 23, 2007

Flashback episode

ID Check turns one
One year ago, this was a different world. New Orleans was still intact; “truthiness” was not yet a word; and the first installment of a column later christened as “ID Check” had just debuted in this paper.
By CAMILLE DODERO | June 22, 2006

Blood, felt, and rock and roll, day 13

The thrilling conclusion
"Andy Man O' Warhol"; the transformative properties of puppetry; Dumbledore's guitar; finale.
By HARRY & THE POTTERS AND UNCLE MONSTERFACE | April 07, 2006