Books & the Arts

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/20/15?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/20/15? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/20/15?

What Are Nation Interns Reading the Week of 2/20/15?

Feb 20, 2015 / Books & the Arts / StudentNation

We Have Been Watching the Same Movie About America’s Wars for 75 Years

We Have Been Watching the Same Movie About America’s Wars for 75 Years We Have Been Watching the Same Movie About America’s Wars for 75 Years

Missed American Sniper? That’s okay—you’ve probably already seen it.

Feb 19, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Peter Van Buren

Inequality and One City

Inequality and One City Inequality and One City

Eric previews his new book on de Blasio's fight to make New York a more equitable city and reviews the city's latest shows: it's all inside today's Altercation.

Feb 17, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/17/15?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/17/15? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/17/15?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/17/15?

Feb 17, 2015 / Books & the Arts / StudentNation

Always Already Alienated

Always Already Alienated Always Already Alienated

Ben Lerner and the novel of detachment.

Feb 11, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Jon Baskin

American Shooter

American Shooter American Shooter

Clint Eastwood’s shoot ’em up is remorseless, racist fantasy.

Feb 11, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Forget Where I Heard It Forget Where I Heard It

With pigeon force the air men come clattering. It would be sad if it wasn’t so funny, one swore. Stay out of the nettles. Do not live above the shop. His men may find you there. Otherwise, as coma says, my beans, my peas, my coma get read into the riot act. That comes later. After three decades of futility, you have to ask: Who was this composer? Was he known for anything else? Is the mere survival of the notes justified, or do we all survive this way, more or less?

Feb 11, 2015 / Books & the Arts / John Ashbery

Snow Snow

How did we come to this cold place? It is not listed on the maps. The cold has disarranged your face. These memories are not ours, perhaps. But still we must pretend to know the reason for things as they are. We do not recognize the snow. Perhaps that makes us what we are.

Feb 11, 2015 / Books & the Arts / William Logan

Feral Gardens

Feral Gardens Feral Gardens

Danny Cooke’s Postcards from Pripyat, Chernobyl summons a lost history of familiar and alien dreams.

Feb 11, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/6/15?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/6/15? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/6/15?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/6/15?

Feb 6, 2015 / Books & the Arts / StudentNation

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