Articles by Darryl Campbell

Don Draper and the “Mad Men” Moment

Darryl Campbell explains why we are all in love with Don Draper, despite his glaring flaws.

Highway Hypnosis and Other Driving Hazards

On his five-day road trip from Indiana to Washington, Darryl Campbell turns into a robot. Figuratively speaking, of course.

Twilight of the Gods (of Film Criticism)

In a landscape where newspapers are dropping movie critics left and right, Darryl Campbell considers film criticism’s past, present, and future.

Zombie Keynes in the 21st Century

Darryl Campbell explains why John Maynard Keynes would have loved the hook-up culture, BLDGBLOG, and Lady Gaga.

Keywords: Nostalgia

Darryl Campbell observes that the past is a dangerously easy thing to embrace.

“Asian Flair”: A Case Study of the Culinary Middlebrow

Darryl Campbell notices a lazy linguistic trend propagated by Food Network hosts, dieting experts, and Coolio.

The Comment-Box Poets of The New York Times

There’s poetry in everything, including the user comments of NYTimes.com’s most popular blogs. Darryl Campbell investigates the web’s unlikely poetry community.

In Memoriam J.D.S.

J.D. Salinger’s reputation as a recluse has, in many ways, overshadowed his importance as an author. Darryl Campbell has a problem with this.

Keywords: Anger

Darryl Campbell on why everyone is mad about everything all the time.

Christmas with the Keillors

Christmas is as much about joy and fellowship as it is about disappointment and dysfunction. According to Darryl Campbell, that’s part of the tradition.

My First Thanksgiving

Darryl Campbell wanted to experience a traditional American Thanksgiving. Or at least he thought he did.

Watching the Wall Fall, Twenty Years Later

As a part of the generation removed, Darryl Campbell comes to understand the emotional resonance of the Berlin Wall’s collapse.