John Palattella

Editor-at-Large

John Palattella is an editor-at-large of The Nation.

Shelf Life Shelf Life

The Letters of Sylvia Beach; Günter Eich's Angina Days: Selected Poems

Jul 14, 2010 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella

Shelf Life Shelf Life

Gabriel García Márquez's Clandestine in Chile; Jaron Lanier's You Are Not a Gadget; Roger Lowenstein's The End of Wall Street

Jun 16, 2010 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella

The Death and Life of the Book Review

The Death and Life of the Book Review The Death and Life of the Book Review

Newspaper books sections have been ailing for decades, but there's no better time than now for writing about books.

Jun 3, 2010 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella

Shelf Life Shelf Life

Gary Wills's Bomb Power: The Modern Presidency and the National Security State; Elizabeth Arnold's Effacement.

Apr 16, 2010 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella

Shelf Life Shelf Life

Joseph Stiglitz's Freefall, Mark Weiss's The Whole Island and Robert Darnton's The Case for Books.

Jan 28, 2010 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella

Laurels for Ange Mlinko Laurels for Ange Mlinko

Poet and Nation contributor Ange Mlinko has won the Randall Jarrell Award in Poetry Criticism for work that is "eclectic and astringent yet always lucid and generous."

Apr 14, 2009 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella

Bad Paper Bad Paper

Does the author of They Knew They Were Right really think he has done nothing wrong?

Feb 18, 2009 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella

David Samuels and Journalism David Samuels and Journalism

The narrative journalism of David Samuels finds conversation, color and conflict in the vortex of American life.

Jun 26, 2008 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella

Lines of Resistance Lines of Resistance

Rhetorical acts of defiance define the work of three contemporary Palestinian poets.

Feb 1, 2007 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella

Poetry, From Noun to Verb Poetry, From Noun to Verb

Nathaniel Mackey's most recent collection of subtle, intricate poetry weaves images from Arab and African diasporas with a contemporary sense of dislocation.

Aug 31, 2006 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella

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