Being in the World: On James Miller Being in the World: On James Miller
With Examined Lives, James Miller offers a serious and readable study of the relationship between philosophy and life conduct.
Feb 17, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Richard Wolin
All Alter-Review Slacker Friday All Alter-Review Slacker Friday
Reviewing two shows in the Lincoln Center's "American Songbook" series, plus the Cowboy Junkies.
Feb 11, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
Dishonoring Reagan Dishonoring Reagan
The former president set in motion a sizable slice of the fantasies destroying America.
Feb 10, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Alexander Cockburn
The Dying Swan: On Jennifer Homans The Dying Swan: On Jennifer Homans
Jennifer Homans thinks ballet is dying, its masters dead and gone. But ballet, which exists in time and leaves no record, is always dying.
Feb 10, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Marina Harss
Crooked Sticks: On Utopianism Crooked Sticks: On Utopianism
At the utopian community of Fruitlands, vegetables were not only eaten. They were also imitated.
Feb 10, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Brenda Wineapple
Amazement in Reverse: On Martin Creed and Gabriel Orozco Amazement in Reverse: On Martin Creed and Gabriel Orozco
Martin Creed and Gabriel Orozco reduce the artistic gesture to the smallest effective intervention into reality.
Feb 10, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Turning Oil Into Water Turning Oil Into Water
After a plan to tow icebergs from Antarctica ran aground, the Saudis used their oil wealth to build desalination plants for watering their desert kingdom.
Feb 10, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Frederick Deknatel
The Chutzpah Hall of Fame The Chutzpah Hall of Fame
Eric reflects on Martin Scorsese and Reed dissects the Groundhog Day mentality of Fox News's climate change "science," plus reader mail.
Feb 3, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
Why I Call Myself a Socialist Why I Call Myself a Socialist
Is the world really a stage?
Feb 3, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Wallace Shawn
Duncan’s Divagations: On Robert Duncan and H.D. Duncan’s Divagations: On Robert Duncan and H.D.
Robert Duncan saw in H.D.'s poetry “The story of survival, the evolution of forms in which live survives.”
Feb 3, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko