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