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Features Archive

Presidents Day Sale

Monday, February 18, 2008

Hannukkah!
Some Thoughts on Improving Hannukkah!
Settle on the spelling. Market the latkes. More songs! Gina Gershon & other hot Jewesses.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Rocking the WGA Strike, Pt. II
Presenting some of Y.P.R.'s archive of screenplays, treatments, pitches, and script coverage.

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

A Map of the Human Heart
Valentine's Day Massacre
Unrequited Love from Y.P.R.'s Past
Tuesday, February 13, 2007

The Ghosts of Christmas Past
Some Christmas features from the Y.P.aRchives.

Sunday, December 24, 2006

The Black Table Roast
In which Y.P.R. and friends ceremoniously turn the infamous black table into kindling.
Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Vonnegut's Asshole
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s Canon
The Y.P.R. Book Club reads and absorbs the work of K.V. Jr.
Tuesday, November 22, 2005

J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
In which Y.P.R. milks more mirth from muggles and mudbloods.
Monday, August 15, 2005

Foer You
Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
In which Y.P.R. is too clever by half.
Friday, June 3, 2005

Sam Lipsyte's Home Land
In which Y.P.R. solicits your alumni updates, yearbook scribblings, and notes passed to high-school crushes.
Monday, April 11, 2005

Malcolm Gladwell's Blink!
Some spur-of-the-moment, off-the-cuff, split-second, ad-lib snap judgments regarding Malcolm Gladwell's Blink: The Power of Winking without Blinking.

Monday, March 7, 2005

Christmastime Is Here
In which Y.P.R. posts some holiday cards it's received from extended family.

Friday, December 24, 2004

A Fairly Balanced Look at Rightwing Propaganda
A Fairly Balanced Look at Rightwing Propaganda
In which Y.P.R. reads and absorbs the neoconservative worldview.
Wednesday, December 1, 2004

Kitty Kelley's The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty
In which Y.P.R. throws (Heinz brand) tomatoes at Ms. Kelley's tell-all biography about our nation's first family.
Monday, November 1, 2004

Checkpoint
Nicholson Baker's Checkpoint
In which Y.P.R. solicits your parodies, deleted chapters, foreign mistranslations, screenplay adaptations, off-topic reviews, and random thoughts whilst reading the zeitgeisty political thriller.
Friday, October 1, 2004

The Republican Convention in N.Y.C.
Y.P.R.'s R.N.C. in N.Y.C. 2004
In which Y.P.R. covers the Republican invasion of its home town.
Monday, August 30, 2004

The Choire Sicha Roast
In which Y.P.R. hosts a communal Roast of the erstwhile Gawker editor. Roasters hail from throughout the blogosphere.
Monday, August 23, 2004

I ♥ I Love the [X]0s
In which Y.P.R. assembles a panel of D-list talking heads to share memories and commentary of the VH1 retrospectives.
Monday, July 26, 2004

LCPLEG
La Caída Pequeña, La Elevación Grande
In which Y.P.R. lovingly parodies our dear friend TMFTML.
Thursday, March 18, 2004

The Y.P.OscaRs
In which Y.P.R. presents some overlooked awards.

Monday, March 1, 2004

Writers on Writing Month
Writers-on-Writing Month
In which Y.P.R. presents material regarding inspiration, revision, rejection, writer's block, book reports, language, style, poetry, prose, plays, ink, typewriters, quills, sharpies, and Wite-out.
Sunday, February 1, 2004

obvs!
whatfore (dot org)
In which Y.P.R. lovingly parodies our dear friend whatevs. Huzzah!
Wednesday, January 14, 2004

The Neal Pollack Roast
In which Y.P.R. hosts a communal Roast of the World's Greatest Living Writer. Roasters comprise kindred spirits Haypenny, Eyeshot, (pnote), K.E.L.R., and a slew of bloggers.
Monday, December 15, 2003

The Bone-Chilling, Spine-Tingling, Hair-Raising, Bloodcurdling Hallowe'en House of Horror
Mwa-ha-ha-ha-ha!In which Y.P.R. scares the bejesus out of you.

Friday, October 31, 2003

Shelley Jackson's Skin Project
Arm
In which Y.P.R. writes a whole short story on one human canvas, as response to Shelley Jackson's Skin project (in which volunteers have a word apiece tattooed onto their bodies).

Tuesday, October 28, 2003

Fall Première Week
In which Y.P.R. gives the Nielsen-ratings people something to freak out about.

Monday, September 29, 2003

Sentiments Anti-Français
Not French!In which Y.P.R. resorts to the milking of outdated, hackneyed stereotypes to exploit America's love/hate relationship with France.

Tuesday, September 2, 2003

CaliforniaHo!
Californication
In which Y.P.R. presents public addresses from some of the candidates of the 2003 California Recall Election Free-for-All.
Tuesday, August 12, 2003

Timothy McSweeney's Pretentious Horseshit
In which Y.P.R. lovingly satirizes our friend McSweeney's.
Monday, August 11, 2003

Middle East Gawker
In which Y.P.R. lovingly parodies our dear friend Gawker.
Thursday, July 31, 2003

Fourth of July Fourthiness
Fourth of July Fourthiness
In which Y.P.R. proudly presents some barbecued hot dogs and fireworks that declare our independence from those dirty Brits.
Friday, July 4, 2003

Puck Everlasting: Stanley Cup 2003
Puck Everlasting: Stanley Cup 2003
In which Y.P.R. proudly presents some incongruous drivel vaguely surrounding America's fifth-favorite pastime.
Tuesday, June 10, 2003

Memorial Day Mania
Memorial Day Mania!
In which we offer some mischief and mayhem tangentially related to Memorial Day. Think Toyatathon.
Monday, May 26, 2003

¡Cinco de Mayo!
¡Cinco de Mayo!
In which one can enjoy a fifth of May, con queso. ¡Caliente!
Monday, May 5, 2003

Smuggled Goods
In which Y.P.R. smuggles its fine product into hapless, unsuspecting venues....

Friday, March 28, 2003

Oscar Coverage 2003
Oscar Coverage 2003
In which cheap, tired jokes are made at the expense of famous people.
Sunday, March 23, 2003

Dear New York Times Book Review
In which the novelist manqué J. Abraham mounts an epistolary quest for review.
Saturday, March 8, 2003