Books & the Arts

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

Fleeting Exchanges: Helen Levitt Remembered Fleeting Exchanges: Helen Levitt Remembered

Helen Levitt's idiosyncratic photographs.

Jul 15, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Jana Prikryl

The Lost Years: On Haiti The Lost Years: On Haiti

The mutating tensions and alliances of postoccupation Haiti.

Jul 15, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Madison Smartt Bell

Mixing History and Desire: The Poetry of C.P. Cavafy Mixing History and Desire: The Poetry of C.P. Cavafy

A new collection of C.P. Cavafy's beautiful, musical poems.

Jul 15, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Maria Margaronis

Ghost Poem Ghost Poem

The story begins Waiting for the trick When after life Death ends The night goes on The sick sea As much as possible Comes to me In the form of But not alive In the words from But not dead We wed or end Swallowed by Sick with And again

Jul 15, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Laura Moriarty

Fuel Fuel

A new documentary explores how alternative and sustainable energies can reduce our country's and the world's addictive dependence on fossil fuels.

Jul 14, 2009 / Books & the Arts / YouTube

Hubbub and Stillness: The 2009 Venice Biennale Hubbub and Stillness: The 2009 Venice Biennale

The funky chaos of the 2009 Venice Biennale.

Jul 1, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

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