Among the Tufted Canes: Twentieth-Century Italian Poetry Among the Tufted Canes: Twentieth-Century Italian Poetry
Geoffrey Brock’s anthology of twentieth-century Italian poetry offers the risk of a counter-eloquence.
Apr 11, 2012 / Books & the Arts / James Longenbach
Shelf Life Shelf Life
Norman Davies’s Vanished Kingdoms.
Apr 10, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Thomas Meaney
Unmanageable Realities: On César Aira Unmanageable Realities: On César Aira
Varamo is the latest novel-in-translation from Argentina’s slipperiest living writer.
Apr 10, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Marcela Valdes
Letters Letters
Feedback on the April 2 Occupy USA issue and Barbara Ehrenreich’s “Rediscovering Poverty.”
Apr 10, 2012 / Our Readers and Barbara Ehrenreich
Is DeMarco Ready to Write Down Mortgages? Is DeMarco Ready to Write Down Mortgages?
The FHFA director finally opened the door to principal write-downs—though he’s still not going far enough.
Apr 10, 2012 / George Zornick
How Rick Santorum Moved the GOP Primary to the Right How Rick Santorum Moved the GOP Primary to the Right
He revivified the religious right and pushed his opponents to extremes on a host of issues.
Apr 10, 2012 / Ben Adler
Remembering Elsie Richardson Remembering Elsie Richardson
Efforts she spearheaded in the sixties set model for the grassroots rebuilding efforts that would unfold in cities around the country in decades to come.
Apr 10, 2012 / Michael Woodsworth
It’s Romney, the GOP Candidate Opposed by 59 Percent of Republicans It’s Romney, the GOP Candidate Opposed by 59 Percent of Republicans
Thanks to bruising competition from Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney is a far, far weaker candidate than he was in January.
Apr 10, 2012 / John Nichols
How One Georgia Town Gambled Its Future on Immigration Detention How One Georgia Town Gambled Its Future on Immigration Detention
As HB 87 scared away the immigrants who worked its fields, officials in Irwin County, Georgia, scrambled to fill the local detention center, the area’s biggest employer.
Apr 10, 2012 / Hannah Rappleye and Lisa Riordan Seville