Books & the Arts

In Disobedient Rooms

In Disobedient Rooms In Disobedient Rooms

Pre-emptive evolution, the voices of time, infodumps: the science fiction of J.G. Ballard offers not prescience but present-sense.

Feb 25, 2010 / Books & the Arts / China MiƩville

The Bubble and the Globe The Bubble and the Globe

Life in America is once more approaching John Ashbery, from one drifty moment to the next.

Feb 25, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

Shelf Life Shelf Life

Charles Juliet's Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde; Matthew Spender's Arshile Gorky: Goats on the Roof: A Life in Letters and Documents; Zak Smith's We Did Porn:...

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

A Life’s Sentence A Life’s Sentence

Maureen Howard's most recent novel is The Rags of Time.

Feb 25, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Maureen Howard

Back Talk: Martha C. Nussbaum Back Talk: Martha C. Nussbaum

A conversation with the author of From Disgust to Humanity about various forms of opposition to gay equality.

Feb 25, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood

Alexander Haig Dies; Said He Was in Charge After Reagan Was Shot Alexander Haig Dies; Said He Was in Charge After Reagan Was Shot

As if.

Feb 24, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Calvin Trillin

‘Avatar’: The Prequel ‘Avatar’: The Prequel

Will earth's last stand sweep the 2013 Oscars?

Feb 23, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Michael T. Klare

A Hard Week On the Planet A Hard Week On the Planet

Johnny Cash, Neil Diamond and the science behind global warming.

Feb 18, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman

The Escape Hatch: On Cady Noland The Escape Hatch: On Cady Noland

Ironic exclamation points and metallic rectangles were some of Cady Noland's favorite things.

Feb 18, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Nick Stillman

Her Wild Entire: On Dorothea Tanning Her Wild Entire: On Dorothea Tanning

The brilliant revelations and transformations of Dorothea Tanning.

Feb 18, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

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