From Black to Black From Black to Black
Traveling along the Danube into the heart of the new Europe.
Jul 14, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Dimiter Kenarov
Indivisible Indivisible
The unit of measure united in the particulars inevitably leads to divisions; part of medium is to be indivisible, so divines the medium. He says, "I am neutral. I am neutrino & pass through objects to stay objective. I limit myself to experiments involving infinity—that is, unlimited license to be licentious: does it matter to murder matter? And is it murder to dissect what matters—how will I discover what is murder or what is matter? As a matter of fact, the uptilt creates a steep plane interrupting the plain, a stratum revealed as part of many strata united and thus dividable. As a stratospheric shower, particles aggregate into one granite unit. Is wave action just another wave to that which is indivisible?"
Jul 14, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Marcella Durand
Shelf Life Shelf Life
The Letters of Sylvia Beach; Günter Eich's Angina Days: Selected Poems
Jul 14, 2010 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella
Restless Confederates Restless Confederates
Two new books argue that the South's slaveholding republic faced a crisis of legitimacy from the outset.
Jul 14, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
A Forest of Fathers A Forest of Fathers
Did liberal principles or sectarian impulses mobilize Lebanon's "Cedar Revolution" to protest against the Syrian regime?
Jul 14, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Elias Muhanna
Back Talk: Karen Cooper Back Talk: Karen Cooper
The director of Film Forum reflects on forty years of programming new releases, The Solitude of Prime Numbers and the rewards of being an autodidact.
Jul 14, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood
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
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