How Germany Keeps Amazon at Bay and Literary Culture Alive How Germany Keeps Amazon at Bay and Literary Culture Alive
In Germany, fixed-price laws curtail the power of retail chains and help to sustain a vibrant literary culture.
May 29, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Michael Naumann
Search Gets Lost Search Gets Lost
Why does Amazon now have customers do the search chores it used to do for them, and in innovative ways?
May 29, 2012 / Feature / Anthony Grafton
Bad Paper: On Philip Coggan Bad Paper: On Philip Coggan
Is the current financial crisis a problem of liquidity or one of solvency?
May 29, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Mihm
Recipe Recipe
You carry things at a right angle Subtract thirty years Add salt, breadcrumbs; add powdered sugar I walked through the woods there, the fields running under the phone lines, dry but cold, staying inside the tree-line, inside the dream The field side of things felt like early winter in the 1970s Three deer, two waiting on sawhorses, were being butchered in the snow by a couple wearing orange snowsuits There was a child There were statues in the woods with me One had a hand covering his mouth I’d parked near the one lane bridge Hid my car keys up inside the right front wheel-well I used to go on these walks all the time
May 29, 2012 / Books & the Arts / David Dodd Lee
Frieze Frame: On Art Fairs Frieze Frame: On Art Fairs
Chockablock with art, art fairs are essentially authorless.
May 29, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Puzzle No. 3242 Puzzle No. 3242
Don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.
May 29, 2012 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Letters Letters
Responses to Alexander Cockburn, John M. Barry, Katha Pollitt and Jane McAlevey, and another Italian lesson
May 29, 2012 / Our Readers
In Quebec, A Revolution of Love, Hope and Community In Quebec, A Revolution of Love, Hope and Community
A report from inside the Canadian student movement.
May 29, 2012 / StudentNation / Ethan Cox
Protesters Confront Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos Protesters Confront Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos
The digital libertarian famed for technical innovation faced for the first time a protest movement not afraid to take their fight to the streets.
May 29, 2012 / Richard (R.J.) Eskow
Income Inequality Keeps Poorer Americans Away from the Polls Income Inequality Keeps Poorer Americans Away from the Polls
Those who most need their voices heard are less likely to vote.
May 29, 2012 / Bryce Covert