Complain, Complain: Poems about Writing Poetry Complain, Complain: Poems about Writing Poetry
Now for something completely different. This week I'm guest-blogging at The Best American Poetry. So much fun! I'll be putting up here what I wrote over there the day before.
Aug 3, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Katha Pollitt
Cures for the Common Cold War: Postwar Polish Poetry Cures for the Common Cold War: Postwar Polish Poetry
Polish poetry has been captive to our most flattering verdicts about history.
Jul 29, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Paloff
Stolen Youth: The Life of Lucie de la Tour du Pin Stolen Youth: The Life of Lucie de la Tour du Pin
The French Revolution as seen from Versailles.
Jul 29, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Ruth Scurr
A Gross Unfairness: The Workings of the Straight State A Gross Unfairness: The Workings of the Straight State
Scrutinizing the machinery of the "straight state."
Jul 29, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Steven Epstein
The Story of a Fixer The Story of a Fixer
A haunting documentary shines a light on the foreign "fixers" who work behind the scenes with reporters to determine how the story of war gets told.
Jul 29, 2009 / Books & the Arts / The Editors
Doppler Elegy Doppler Elegy
A flowering no one attends The enterprise known variously as waking, April, or Bats are disappearing like color into function. I wanted to open In a new window the eyes of a friend by force if necessary. Amber light is a useless phrase but will have to do what painting did Dense smoke from the burning wells for our parents. Ben there is a man at the door who says I've made small changes he found your notebook throughout in red. The recurring dream contrived in places Of waning significance it resembles the hand after a difficult passage opening, a key word in the early Blue of rippled glass atonal circles. They phased us out across the backward capitals like paper money Or is that two words
Jul 29, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Ben Lerner
Solaliquies Solaliquies
Rising to the dare of Martial Solal's mischievous piano playing.
Jul 28, 2009 / Books & the Arts / K. Leander Williams
Borrowed Time: The World at 65 Borrowed Time: The World at 65
The tumultuous American Century in the lives of a father and son.
Jul 21, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Tom Engelhardt
Bruno: Offensive, Funny or Just Shocking? Bruno: Offensive, Funny or Just Shocking?
The Nation's Richard Kim and others discuss the admittedly provocative antics of Sacha Baron Cohen's latest creation.
Jul 17, 2009 / Books & the Arts / GRITtv
Afghanistan Is Based on Lies and Illusions Afghanistan Is Based on Lies and Illusions
The new film The Fixer, featuring The Nation's Christian Parenti, captures some edgy, fearful truths about the war in Afghanistan.
Jul 16, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Ann Jones