After Sappho (The Volcano) After Sappho (The Volcano)
The clouds mock me with their mimicry of continental land-masses. Chimerae. An atmospheric shield of tiny silicates separates the mother from her sons, roses from wholesalers.
Aug 11, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko
Tony Judt: 1948–2010 Tony Judt: 1948–2010
The Nation mourns the passing of Tony Judt, a historian and intellectual whose acumen, courage and range are renowned, profound and an inspiration.
Aug 8, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Eyal Press
Change Comes to Nixonland Change Comes to Nixonland
Will the Nixon Library actually portray Watergate accurately?
Jul 29, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
Changing Places Changing Places
The double book-keeping of Christopher Hitchens.
Jul 28, 2010 / Books & the Arts / D.D. Guttenplan
Breaking News Breaking News
Amid a conflicting report a nuthatch fetches a black fly, dips its plume in stagnant pool. This is a sky drawn, grafted, rescued, not a bath of vapors an afternoon shutters with counterfeit meaning. It is just an incident within a field of possibility, something periodic and bruised, one location in which we grip that instant of contact. Upstream a scarecrow is ragged in the wounding, a music of terror barely rises above the slopes, reft with nothing but its melody's radius, the slow ancient call of the bird in the distant flicker.
Jul 28, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Matthew Gagnon
A Wedge Against Tyranny A Wedge Against Tyranny
Franklin Roosevelt v. the Supreme Court.
Jul 28, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Michael O’Donnell
The High Wire The High Wire
In the stories of Deborah Eisenberg, life keeps piling up, unsolved and unsolvable.
Jul 28, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker
The Forgotten Threat: ‘Countdown to Zero’ on Nuclear Weapons The Forgotten Threat: ‘Countdown to Zero’ on Nuclear Weapons
The nuclear abolition documentary Countdown to Zero is not just a howl of alarm or a historical primer. It's a shocking but completely reliable account of the issue of nuclear weap...
Jul 27, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Schell
Nation Readers’ Summer Books Nation Readers’ Summer Books
An eclectic summer reading list drawn from the suggestions of Nation readers.
Jul 26, 2010 / Books & the Arts / The Nation
The Trouble With Amazon The Trouble With Amazon
It's big, cheap and convenient. But does the online bookseller really serve readers' interests?
Jul 15, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Colin Robinson