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Alec Nevala-Lee

Alec Nevala-Lee is the author of The Icon Thief, a suspense novel set in the New York art world. He blogs at nevalalee.com.

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FUTURE PERFECT

A Futurist’s Last Act Was to Transform Chemistry—After Death

Buckminster Fuller wasn’t around to see the fruits of his labor earn tribute in one of the 20th century’s most important discoveries.

Alec Nevala-Lee

articles/2012/11/20/what-karl-rove-s-learned-from-jorge-luis-borges/karl-rove-borges-lee-tease_vzxskm
Forking Paths

Karl Rove’s Labyrinth

One of the political mastermind’s favorite writers is Jorge Luis Borges. Alec Nevala-Lee on what Borges’s stories reveal about Rove’s.

Alec Nevala-Lee

articles/2012/06/14/the-tools-is-slick-and-savvy-like-a-hollywood-remake/tools-stutz-michaels-lee_lmk7rb

Shrinks to the Stars

Hollywood therapists Barry Michels and Phil Stutz reveal their tricks, but Alec Nevala-Lee says the result is vague and unoriginal.

Alec Nevala-Lee

articles/2012/06/05/ashamed-to-buy-the-secret-try-these-books-instead/secret-smart-people-nevada-lee_vsgl48

"The Secret" for Smart People

Alec Nevala-Lee samples a new wave of ‘intellectual’ books on the power of thought, and finds they’re not so different from "The Secret" after all.

Alec Nevala-Lee

articles/2012/04/14/the-wire-s-david-simon-teaches-us-how-to-spot-fabulists-like-mike-daisey/david-simon-nevala-lee_oj7nm2

Simon Says: It’s Not About You!

David Simon teaches us how to spot fabricators like Mike Daisey and Greg Mortenson, writes Alec Nevala-Lee.

Alec Nevala-Lee

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