This Week in ‘Nation’ History: How We Helped Start the ‘Melville Revival’ of the 1920s This Week in ‘Nation’ History: How We Helped Start the ‘Melville Revival’ of the 1920s
An article in our pages in 1919 helped rescue the long-deceased scribe from obscurity and secured him a prominent place in the American canon.
Jan 4, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Guerrillero-Gentleman: On Joaquim Câmara Ferreira A Guerrillero-Gentleman: On Joaquim Câmara Ferreira
Was the author's aristocratic grandfather, who would become a leader of the armed resistance against Brazil’s military dictatorship, a hero or a terrorist?
Dec 30, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Carlos Fraenkel
Memory Politics: On ‘Franco’s Crypt’ Memory Politics: On ‘Franco’s Crypt’
To what extent does Franco’s rule still dictate contemporary Spanish culture?
Dec 30, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Blitzer
Shelf Life Shelf Life
In 1924, Lidia Ivanova, George Balanchine’s “lost muse,” disappeared on the eve of their company’s first European tour. Was her death an accident?
Dec 30, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Marina Harss
Remembering André Schiffrin Remembering André Schiffrin
For decades, first at Pantheon and then at the New Press, he was a lion of progressive publishing.
Dec 18, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Victor Navasky
Who Didn’t Kill JFK? Who Didn’t Kill JFK?
Kennedy’s presidency and assassination seem more elusive as the decades pass.
Dec 18, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Beverly Gage
Shelf Life Shelf Life
How did something as trivial as spam end up on the forefront of cyberwar?
Dec 18, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Michael Saler
Surviving the Moment Surviving the Moment
Do our financial wizards, like vampires, leave no reflection in the mirror of art?
Dec 18, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
The Fungibility of Air The Fungibility of Air
Real estate has become an extractive industry, mining the air for property.
Dec 18, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin
Justin Timberlake’s Union Tour Justin Timberlake’s Union Tour
JT’s backup dancers have made history by winning a union contract for touring artists.
Dec 13, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Jessica Weisberg