The Naked Truth The Naked Truth
If you've never set foot in the likes of Club Paradise, Scarlett's, New York Dolls, Secrets, Peepers or the boldly named Booby Trap (yes, it does exist), your image of a strip ...
Nov 7, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Hillary Frey
What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
After I saw In the Bedroom, Todd Field's moving film based on Andre Dubus's short story "Killings," I was delighted when a slim volume of Dubus's stories arrived here at The Nati...
Oct 3, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Hillary Frey
Reproductive Freedom Reproductive Freedom
The Nation reported on Dr. Pendergraft's troubles in "Abortion on Trial" by Hillary Frey and Miranda Kennedy, June 18, 2001.
Jul 25, 2002 / Feature / Hillary Frey
Singing to Power Singing to Power
British folk-rocker Billy Bragg has to be the only popular musician who could score some airtime with a song about the global justice movement. The first single from Bragg's En...
May 30, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Hillary Frey
Singing to Power Singing to Power
British folk-rocker Billy Bragg has to be the only popular musician who could score some airtime with a song about the global justice movement. The first single from Bragg's Engla...
May 29, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Hillary Frey
Talking With Jeff Tweedy Talking With Jeff Tweedy
Jeff Tweedy may be best known to Nation readers as Billy Bragg's collaborator (along with his band Wilco) on the Mermaid Avenue recordings of recent years--two great albums that s...
Apr 11, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Hillary Frey
Mirror, Mirror Mirror, Mirror
Hillary Frey reviews Jennifer Egan's Look at Me.
Nov 8, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Hillary Frey
Mother Courage Mother Courage
Kate Millett. Feminist, sculptor, lesbian, activist, advocate, New Yorker to the core. Just over thirty years ago, Millett published the hugely influential bestseller Sexual Polit...
Jul 12, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Hillary Frey
Abortion on Trial Abortion on Trial
When a renowned abortion doctor opened a clinic in Ocala, Florida, he was seen as a public pest. So local authorities used the courts to get rid of him.
May 31, 2001 / Feature / Hillary Frey and Miranda Kennedy