Baseball

“I wrote 63 songs this year. They’re all about Jeter.” Just kidding. The game we love, the players we hate, and more.

Culture and Criticism

From Norman Mailer to Wendy Pepper — everything on film, TV, books, music, and snacks (shut up, raisins), plus the Girls’ Bike Club.

Donors Choose and Contests

Helping public schools, winning prizes, sending a crazy lady in a tomato costume out in public.

Stories, True and Otherwise

Monologues, travelogues, fiction, and fart humor. And hens. Don’t forget the hens.

The Vine

The Tomato Nation advice column addresses your questions on etiquette, grammar, romance, and pet misbehavior. Ask The Readers about books or fashion today!

The Vine: April 15, 2015
April 15, 2015 · 23 Comments
The Vine: April 15, 2015

My siblings and I are writing to ask you and the Nation for advice on fundraising for my parents.

The Last Stand: The unknowable
April 10, 2015 · 13 Comments
<em>The Last Stand</em>: The unknowable

I wondered, at a certain point in Nathaniel Philbrick’s detailed narrative of Custer’s Last Stand, why he was spending such a long time on other soldiers in another company, on another hill, trying to survive …

The Vine: March 25, 2015
March 25, 2015 · 10 Comments
The Vine: March 25, 2015

I was hoping some of your readers are crafty or sew-y. I have a laptop sleeve.

The Vine: March 18, 2015
March 18, 2015 · 11 Comments
The Vine: March 18, 2015

I’m looking for some book recs on a very specific topic, and hoping the readers can help.

Sympathy For The Dullsville
March 16, 2015 · One Comment
Sympathy For The Dullsville

Robert Greenfield’s Exile On Main St. is a season in hell with thirdhand gossip.

The Vine: March 11, 2015
March 11, 2015 · 6 Comments
The Vine: March 11, 2015

For the last year I’ve been hearing about The Great British Bake Off and how awesome it is.

The Vine: March 4, 2015
March 4, 2015 · 8 Comments
The Vine: March 4, 2015

I am remembering only a small part of a book I recently read, which is making it difficult to Google.

The Vine: February 25, 2015
February 25, 2015 · 10 Comments
The Vine: February 25, 2015

I am trying to find a book I read when I was a kid (maybe a teen) in the ’70s or ’80s. It was old then, though.