Books & the Arts

The Great Squid Hunt: On Matt Taibbi

The Great Squid Hunt: On Matt Taibbi The Great Squid Hunt: On Matt Taibbi

In Griftopia Matt Taibbi argues that America has been corrupted by the merger of crime and policy, of stealing and government.

Dec 9, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Chris Lehmann

Take the Back Seat: On Chinese Consumerism

Take the Back Seat: On Chinese Consumerism Take the Back Seat: On Chinese Consumerism

Can the world sustain a country the size of China with an appetite for the good things in life on par with America's?

Dec 9, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Richard McGregor

Kilito’s Way: On Abdelfattah Kilito

Kilito’s Way: On Abdelfattah Kilito Kilito’s Way: On Abdelfattah Kilito

In The Clash of Images Abdelfattah Kilito creates a touching portrait of a young man coming of age in French-occupied Morocco.

Dec 9, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Laila Lalami

Obama’s Bizarre Celebration of a Slave Republic’s ‘Compromises’ Obama’s Bizarre Celebration of a Slave Republic’s ‘Compromises’

The president said many objectionable things in selling his tax- cut plan, but his assertions about America's history of compromising was too much to stomach.

Dec 8, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Kai Wright

Lennon’s Last Interview: ‘The Sixties Showed Us the Possibility’ Lennon’s Last Interview: ‘The Sixties Showed Us the Possibility’

It was 30 years ago today.

Dec 8, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener

The Maximalist: On Vasily Grossman

The Maximalist: On Vasily Grossman The Maximalist: On Vasily Grossman

Vasily Grossman's Everything Flows is a searching and humane investigation of the totalitarian condition.

Dec 2, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Jochen Hellbeck

A Traveler’s Tale: On Patrick Leigh Fermor A Traveler’s Tale: On Patrick Leigh Fermor

Patrick Leigh Fermor's fifty-year correspondence with Deborah Devonshire reads like an accidental memoir of a disappearing world.

Dec 2, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Wes Davis

‘History is the soft medium…’ ‘History is the soft medium…’

Dec 2, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Kunin

Worlds of Wonder Worlds of Wonder

The King's Speech, The Illusionist, Black Swan

Dec 2, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Slide Show: Fall Books 2010

Slide Show: Fall Books 2010 Slide Show: Fall Books 2010

Touching on everything from pragmatism to arson, The Nation‘s Fall Books issue features Marilynne Robinson on William James, William Deresiewicz on Saul Bellow, Jana Prikryl…

Nov 24, 2010 / Books & the Arts / The Nation

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