Artist Al Franken

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The A.V. Club catches up with crucial blind spots in their pop-culture education.

• Post Office by Charles Bukowski

  America’s foremost chronicler of the boozy underclass wrote a lot of himself into his debut novel.

  August 16, 2011
• Meat Loaf, Bat Out Of Hell

  Does Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman’s ’70s behemoth have anything to offer fresh ears?

  June 20, 2011
• Woody Allen

  A latecomer checks in with three Woody Allen classics.

  April 11, 2011