Back Talk: Young Jean Lee Back Talk: Young Jean Lee
A conversation with the author of The Shipment about American theater, irony and Mariah Carey.
Apr 8, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood
Violent Grace: Anne Carson’s An Oresteia Violent Grace: Anne Carson’s An Oresteia
Anne Carson's An Oresteia offers a dark vision of violent grace.
Apr 8, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Emily Wilson
The Hundred Days War: Histories of the New Deal The Hundred Days War: Histories of the New Deal
FDR's first hundred days were unprecedented in their ambition and scope--and anything but politically coherent.
Apr 8, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Thomas J. Sugrue
The Hub The Hub
Boston's oak trees Drop tiny bald heads Some wear berets. It's a city of character But no soul.
Apr 8, 2009 / Books & the Arts / William Corbett
Clear November Morning Clear November Morning
O Brooklyn's harp, Manhattan spires All the liars rough with others' lives, Jesus sayers, hard moneyed men Whose hearts are fists of power Dishonor and death will find you out.
Apr 8, 2009 / Books & the Arts / William Corbett
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