Whose News? On Race and the American Media Whose News? On Race and the American Media
News for All the People is a journalistic morality tale.
Nov 1, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Diane Simon
This Is Just to Say: On William Carlos Williams This Is Just to Say: On William Carlos Williams
A new biography shortchanges the poetic achievement of William Carlos Williams.
Oct 26, 2011 / Books & the Arts / James Longenbach
Shelf Life Shelf Life
Out of the Vinyl Deeps catalogs Ellen Willis’s pop years.
Oct 26, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover
Solving for X: On George F. Kennan Solving for X: On George F. Kennan
Unwrapping the enigma of the career diplomat who wrote the Long Telegram.
Oct 26, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Andrew J. Bacevich
Just as They Are Just as They Are
The forty-ninth edition of the New York Film Festival.
Oct 25, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Vacant, Limpid, Angelic: On Willem de Kooning Vacant, Limpid, Angelic: On Willem de Kooning
MoMA’s de Kooning retrospective.
Oct 18, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
In the Clear: On Scientology In the Clear: On Scientology
The body of the church of Scientology is not well. Will its main legacy be its contribution to US tax law?
Oct 18, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Mark Oppenheimer
The Edge of Comprehension: On Steven Millhauser The Edge of Comprehension: On Steven Millhauser
With We Others, Steven Millhauser remains the master of the inevitable ending in American fiction.
Oct 18, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier
Gandhi and South Africa Gandhi and South Africa
Why was Joseph Lelyveld’s history of Gandhi’s years in South Africa attacked by India’s Hindu right?
Oct 12, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Martha C. Nussbaum
Innocents Lost: On Postwar Orphans Innocents Lost: On Postwar Orphans
Tara Zahra explains why orphaned children held a special grip on Europe’s postwar imagination.
Oct 12, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Holly Case