Archie Green’s Only a Miner Archie Green’s Only a Miner
Folklorist Archie Green blows the dust off old coal-mining songs, revealing the souls of long-dead miners and their struggles to survive.
Apr 3, 2009 / Books & the Arts / David E. Whisnant
Disquieting and Enraptured: On Pierre Bonnard Disquieting and Enraptured: On Pierre Bonnard
Pierre Bonnard's late still lifes, on view at the Met, are lessons in unknowing.
Apr 2, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Warlord Politics Warlord Politics
Andrew Rice The fighting in Congo started as a modern crusade. Five million deaths later, it's clearly about something else.
Apr 2, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Rice
Lonely Blue Boys Lonely Blue Boys
Stuart Klawans Zack Snyder's Watchmen, Tony Gilroy's Duplicity, Greg Mottola's Adventureland.
Apr 2, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Flights of Fancy Flights of Fancy
A review of two aviation books that were publish prior to the Wright brothers first flight.
Apr 1, 2009 / Books & the Arts / The Editors
Bridging It Bridging It
With the help of a collector, Sonny Rollins has taken the curating of his career in a new direction.
Mar 31, 2009 / Books & the Arts / K. Leander Williams
The One Oval Window The One Oval Window
The surface of this street is sweet enough to lick. There is usually a fee for sacrifice, ladies, and mine is a store for rent. Terrace danger cannot be traded for river danger or danger danger. In this light, the clouds.
Mar 26, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Kronovet
Green Acres: Lost in the Amazon Green Acres: Lost in the Amazon
Percy Harrison Fawcett went to the Amazon looking for paradise. He never returned.
Mar 26, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Greg Grandin
Back Talk: Michelle Goldberg Back Talk: Michelle Goldberg
Journalist Michelle Goldberg discusses the past fifty years of global reproductive issues.
Mar 26, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood
The Wait: On Vladimir Sorokin The Wait: On Vladimir Sorokin
Elaine Blair In The Queue, Vladimir Sorokin offers a biting and hilarious portrait of a central ritual of Soviet life.
Mar 25, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Elaine Blair