Books & the Arts

On ‘Friday Night Lights’, Abortion Stigma Goes Primetime On ‘Friday Night Lights’, Abortion Stigma Goes Primetime

Manipulating information women who are seeking abortion receive is a staple of antichoice politics. A recent episode of Friday Night Lights reveals how damaging that strategy is.

Aug 26, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Nancy Northup

No Name or Too Many? On Javier Marías

No Name or Too Many? On Javier Marías No Name or Too Many? On Javier Marías

In Javier Marías's trilogy Your Face Tomorrow, the self is composed of borrowed languages and an uncertain voice.

Aug 25, 2010 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz

The Pithy Serpent The Pithy Serpent

everyone knows satan is just a guy with a lot of special efx a pithy serpent who plucks apples from the garden of lost trees I'm an ancient bystander whose chronology is less sympathetic and more cave-like think of me as an obscene gesture a plain ordinary obscene gesture in a place where the weather is nice and the people don't have a clue

Aug 25, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Dave Brinks

An Art of Time An Art of Time

Rafael Ferrer and Christian Marclay prize an aesthetic of spontaneous responsiveness irrespective of subject.

Aug 25, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

from ‘Revelator’ from ‘Revelator’

Eternity in the present only I shut my eyes, inhale deeply to hear five speakers' simultaneous yatter, squirrels up high in the cedars bark, dog golden terrier blend all taut muscle, sinew o'er bone, jaw pauses mid-air in flight, just ahead of the Frisbee's grasp

Aug 25, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ron Silliman

The Book of Amos: On Gideon Levy The Book of Amos: On Gideon Levy

Because of Gaza, "everything is tainted" in Israel, according to Gideon Levy.

Aug 25, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ben Ehrenreich

Katha Pollitt Wins ‘Lifetime Achievement’ American Book Award Katha Pollitt Wins ‘Lifetime Achievement’ American Book Award

The Nation's Katha Pollitt has been awarded the thirty-first annual American Book Award's prestigious "Lifetime Achievement" prize, celebrating her contributions both as an essayist and a poet. This is Pollitt's first American Book Award; she will be honored on September 19 at the awards ceremony in San Francisco. Pollitt is the author of several collections of essays; her most recent books include Learning to Drive and Other Life Stories(2007) and her second collection of poetry, The Mind-Body Problem (2009). Other ABA winners this year include Amiri Baraka, Dave Eggers and Pamela Ushuk.  Pollitt has written for The Nation since 1980, and her regular column, "Subject to Debate" has run since 1995. You can read more about the awards here. The ceremony is open to the public. Pollitt's recent columns can be found here, and information and links for all of Pollitt's books can be found on her website. 

Aug 25, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Press Room

Resisting Reforms: On Diane Ravitch Resisting Reforms: On Diane Ravitch

In The Death and Life of the Great American School System, Diane Ravitch has found a new métier as a critic of neo-capitalist school reform.

Aug 12, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Joseph Featherstone

America: Now and Here

America: Now and Here America: Now and Here

A vast new art exhibition will attempt to reconnect the heartland to our nation's artistic genius.

Aug 12, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Simon Maxwell Apter

A Calamity of Heart

A Calamity of Heart A Calamity of Heart

An essay for “America: Now and Here.”

Aug 12, 2010 / Books & the Arts / E.L. Doctorow

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