Malcolm Jones writes about books, music, and photography for The Daily Beast and Newsweek, where he has written about subjects ranging from A. Lincoln to R. Crumb. He is the author of a memoir, Little Boy Blues, and collaborated with the songwriter and composer Van Dyke Parks and the illustrator Barry Moser on Jump!, a retelling of Brer Rabbit stories.
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Cracking the Knossos Code
It took scholars 52 years to decipher Linear B, a language written on tablets found at the... MORE
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The Best Brown Book Yet
Dan Brown takes on ‘Inferno’ and talks to Malcolm Jones about Dante, gravity boots, and more. MORE
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The Heartbreaker
George Jones, who died April 26, might have been a legendary train wreck but he could sing like no... MORE
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Again and Again
Kate Atkinson imagines many possible lives for the same character.... MORE
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The Unstoppable Ballerina
A young dancer’s journey from Sierra Leone to the heights of American ballet. MORE
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Dear God, Dear Abby Is Dead
She had a weird ability to set you straight and make you laugh at yourself at the same time.... MORE
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Great Apps of the Civil War
Games, comics, battlefield guides. The best digital spots on the War Between the States.... MORE
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Beck Unplugs—All the Way
With an approach so lo-tech it’s no-tech, Beck has found a way to make his audience his... MORE
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This Week’s Hot Reads
For the holidays, a biography of the quintessential American playwright Thornton Wilder to the... MORE
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Christmas Music Sucks (Mostly)
Halfhearted Christmas albums, lousy overplayed songs.... MORE
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Leave That Roller Coaster Alone
A ruined ride can remind New Jersey of the indomitability that got them through Sandy.... MORE
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After Sandy, Four Weeks to Hustle
Cameron Sinclair blitzes through post-Sandy New York, and our Malcolm Jones is there. MORE
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Snooki Meets Sandy’s Reality
Malcolm Jones on how the ‘Jersey Shore’ cast parked their attitude at the door at a Seaside Heights... MORE
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Architecture’s First Responder
The Architecture for Humanity volunteer tells Malcolm Jones about responding to disasters from... MORE
