Books & the Arts

Drunk and Disorderly Drunk and Disorderly

Jean Rhys wrote about women who tangled with class and sexuality on their own terms.

Oct 6, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Phoebe Connelly

Suspended Sentences Suspended Sentences

Eliot Weinberger's enigmatic essays save him from becoming a prisoner of his polemical style.

Sep 30, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Scott Saul

The First Counter-revolutionary The First Counter-revolutionary

Thomas Hobbes sensed the revolutionary impulses of early modern Europe and transformed them into a defense of the most hidebound form of rule.

Sep 30, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Corey Robin

Nader’s Road to Utopia Nader’s Road to Utopia

In Ralph Nader's new utopian novel, "only the super-rich can save us."

Sep 23, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Richard Lingeman

America’s Teacher America’s Teacher

The Shock Doctrine author interviews Michael Moore on the roots of the economic crisis and the promise and peril of this political moment.

Sep 23, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Naomi Klein

Fever Charts: On Jack Tworkov Fever Charts: On Jack Tworkov

Jack Tworkov's writings wrestle with the figures of Abstract Expressionism and his own lost illusions.

Sep 23, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Back Talk: E.L. Doctorow Back Talk: E.L. Doctorow

A conversation with the author of Homer and Langley about opting out.

Sep 23, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood

Ratmansky Takes Manhattan Ratmansky Takes Manhattan

A celebrated Russian choreographer is charting a stylish new course for American Ballet Theatre.

Sep 23, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Marina Harss

Naomi Klein in Conversation With Michael Moore Naomi Klein in Conversation With Michael Moore

Listen to Naomi Klein interview Michael Moore on how Obama is handling the economic crisis and who is letting Wall Street take advantage of us.

Sep 23, 2009 / Books & the Arts / The Nation

Narragansett Narragansett

The complete sentence narrates a satisfying process. It closes and opens like a clam. I take a knife to the sentence and start my evening at the raw bar. It is hard work, and the sentences would prefer to be in the ocean. I would rather be a patron of this establishment. Someone over my shoulder Would rather know I am going to continue to put up with his stuff. It is not a wide receiver, his stuff. It is his development, Which is gradual. It involves testing me. Sometimes These tests take the form of imperatives. Drive onto the boat! The boat would rather be en route to Maine. It is an ambitious ferry. My knife wishes to whittle patterns Into the enormous picnic table. Art does not narrate.

Sep 23, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Jordan Davis

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