Books & the Arts

In Praise of the Utopian Political Imagination

In Praise of the Utopian Political Imagination In Praise of the Utopian Political Imagination

Thomas Piketty’s ambitious, lucid Capital in the Twenty-First Century explains the depth and scope of our inequality problem.

Mar 14, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Kathleen Geier

Studio or Square?

Studio or Square? Studio or Square?

Art and revolution in Cairo.

Mar 11, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Jenna Krajeski

Missing Pictures

Missing Pictures Missing Pictures

Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel, Jiri Menzel’s I Served the King of England, Rithy Panh’s The Missing Picture

Mar 11, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Shelf Life: Hal Hartley’s Unbelievable Truths

Shelf Life: Hal Hartley’s Unbelievable Truths Shelf Life: Hal Hartley’s Unbelievable Truths

The Unbelievable Truth, Trust, The Book of Life, The Girl from Monday and Meanwhile

Mar 11, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Akiva Gottlieb

Rep. Keith Ellison—on His Faith, His Family & Our Future

Rep. Keith Ellison—on His Faith, His Family & Our Future Rep. Keith Ellison—on His Faith, His Family & Our Future

The four-term congressman from Minnesota’s Fifth District is boldly following in the footsteps of Humphrey, McCarthy, Mondale and Wellstone.

Mar 10, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Resisting The Beatles’ Invasion, ‘The PR Man’s Finest Hour’

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Resisting The Beatles’ Invasion, ‘The PR Man’s Finest Hour’ This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Resisting The Beatles’ Invasion, ‘The PR Man’s Finest Hour’

The quivering throngs of teen-aged girls, The Nation’s reviewer wrote, said much more about the susceptibility of Americans to fashionable trends than it did about the talent...

Mar 8, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Dread and Wonder

Dread and Wonder Dread and Wonder

The unflinching fiction of Ludmilla Petrushevskaya.

Mar 5, 2014 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz

I, Diet I, Diet

out of this world & out of time & out of love & out of mind & out of the pan & out of butter, out of anger & out of mother, out of the cradle & out of pocket, out of space & out of cash & out of change & out of sight & out of range & force of habit & out of oil & out of whack & out of water & Damascus, out of courtesy & out of shock & out of duty & out of turn & out of tune & out of line & out of the ground & out of his gourd & out of all the possible solutions, out of the ashes & conviction

Mar 5, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Anna Maria Hong

Against the Grain

Against the Grain Against the Grain

Elizabeth Fenn, the Mandans and a renaissance in historical writing.

Mar 5, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Richard White

Ball of Fire

Ball of Fire Ball of Fire

The life and unvarnished style of Barbara Stanwyck.

Mar 4, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Charles Taylor

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