Mike Check: A Few More Words on L’Affaire Daisey Mike Check: A Few More Words on L’Affaire Daisey
In his defense, the embattled monologist stressed the differences between theater and journalism. Did he have a point?
Mar 28, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon
Food Fights Food Fights
The use of food as a weapon during World War II.
Mar 27, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Richard J. Evans
From ‘Brown’ to ‘Lawrence’: On the Struggle for Gay Civil Rights From ‘Brown’ to ‘Lawrence’: On the Struggle for Gay Civil Rights
Dale Carpenter's exceptional account of the history of Lawrence v. Texas.
Mar 27, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Michael O’Donnell
‘I am not myself’ ‘I am not myself’
I’m severely everyone & it hurts if I’m sick you’ll take care of me? “Oh, yeah sure of course.”
Mar 27, 2012 / Books & the Arts / John Coletti
Young Adults Young Adults
Gary Ross's The Hunger Games, Terence Davies's The Deep Blue Sea.
Mar 27, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
The Not Yet Richer, Still Struggling for Economic Equality, Sex The Not Yet Richer, Still Struggling for Economic Equality, Sex
A new book takes exciting and historic trends a step too far.
Mar 23, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Bryce Covert
Challenging the ‘Self-Made’ Myth Challenging the ‘Self-Made’ Myth
No one who has succeeded in America actually did it on his or her own.
Mar 21, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How to Rehouse the American Dream How to Rehouse the American Dream
Our car-dependent, suburban, homeowner culture is no longer affordable. An exhibit at MoMA examines what to do about it.
Mar 21, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Alex Ulam
Havel’s Specter: On Václav Havel Havel’s Specter: On Václav Havel
The Czech playwright's enduring ideas about politics, truth and human nature.
Mar 21, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Caleb Crain
Azure Azure
It’s that wafer ash set next to the hardy Dutchman’s pipe that reminds me of the unlikely sight we caught on hotel cable TV: Al Schön espousing orange wines. Two decades ago, he was the school’s athlete-Platonist. And now we’re all as louche and brown around the edges as this Baronne Prevost. The Julia Child, the Rise and Shine —these rosebuds exist to ornament fulsome christenings. So it happens today that Azure is introduced toddling in a glade of bamboo topping out at a whisper on the hillside. “Azure, meet our Gray.” “Gray, Azure.”
Mar 21, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko