Reality Principle, Fall 2005: James Wood's "Apologia Pro Vita Sua," Andrew Bujalski on independent filmmaking, Mark Greif's "Radiohead, or the Philosophy of Pop," Benjamin Kunkel's "Or Things I Did Not Do or Say," Marco Roth's "Torture and Parenting," Elif Batuman on Franco Moretti, Walter Benn Michaels on diversity. Plus stories by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya.