Books & the Arts

Rebuild and Read: Books for a Post-Katrina Middle School Rebuild and Read: Books for a Post-Katrina Middle School

You can help the rebuilding and spread the love of reading.

Jul 8, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Katha Pollitt

Top 10 Most Patriotic Songs Ever: Nation Readers Speak

Top 10 Most Patriotic Songs Ever: Nation Readers Speak Top 10 Most Patriotic Songs Ever: Nation Readers Speak

Nation readers' pick!

Jul 8, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Peter Rothberg

Top Twelve Most Patriotic Songs Ever Top Twelve Most Patriotic Songs Ever

The best things about America can usually be found embodied in our national music.

Jul 2, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Peter Rothberg

Roll Over Techno Roll Over Techno

Can the conundrum of Stravinsky's wayward development be answered by exploring his national roots?

Jul 1, 2010 / Books & the Arts / David Schiff

Roll Over Techno Roll Over Techno

Can the conundrum of Stravinsky's wayward development be answered by exploring his Russian roots?

Jun 30, 2010 / Books & the Arts / David Schiff

The Changing Light at Craneway

The Changing Light at Craneway The Changing Light at Craneway

In the film projects of Tacita Dean, everything is just about to disappear.

Jun 30, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Mirror, Mask, Labyrinth Mirror, Mask, Labyrinth

Two new collections of the poems of Jorge Luis Borges.

Jun 30, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Susan Stewart

Ghosting History Ghosting History

Heidi Durrow traces a young girl's harrowing plunge into racial identity.

Jun 30, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Madison Smartt Bell

Alongside Darwin Alongside Darwin

The sun is a forerunner of itself. Picture a black road very early, Desert mountains to the east, No trees. As the sun rises, Blacking then blazoning The dry slopes, it also Walks the road to you.   Truth like a canopy shelters truth, Illusions of combat among the greenflies. There is no sky. There is only the sun And the sun’s sharp progress Through the God-forsaken, which is sunlight too. I hear voices underneath the road. Whichever way I go was once an ocean.

Jun 30, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Donald Revell

Barry Eisler vs. Tom Clancy, Vince Flynn and Brad Thor Barry Eisler vs. Tom Clancy, Vince Flynn and Brad Thor

A former covert CIA operative turned novelist is fast emerging as one of the most important fiction writers in the military/covert ops/political thriller genre dominated by right-w...

Jun 29, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Jeremy Scahill

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