Books & the Arts

Bloodstained Ghosts: The Children of Revolutionary France Bloodstained Ghosts: The Children of Revolutionary France

Robert Gildea examines France between the revolution and World War I.

Nov 6, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Ruth Scurr

Between Reticence and Revelation: Bishop’s and Lowell’s Letters Between Reticence and Revelation: Bishop’s and Lowell’s Letters

Reading the letters of Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop.

Nov 6, 2008 / Books & the Arts / James Longenbach

Studs Studs

Remembering our national griot, the bearer of stories of people, ordinary and extraordinary.

Nov 6, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Victor Navasky

The Idiocrats The Idiocrats

Why do Internet boosters continue to confuse social networking with art?

Nov 4, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Alexander Provan

Studs Terkel: Vigilant Optimist Studs Terkel: Vigilant Optimist

Studs Terkel always stood for the radical idea of the long memory. Telling the stories of our times, he remained to the end a vigilant optimist about civil rights and social progre...

Nov 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Shapiro

Studs Terkel: The Power of His Prose Studs Terkel: The Power of His Prose

He was our Boswell, our Whitman, our Sandburg. He could get people to open up and share their innermost thoughts and dreams.

Nov 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Dennis Kucinich

McCain Attack Ads by Lynch, Jason Reitman and Shyamalan McCain Attack Ads by Lynch, Jason Reitman and Shyamalan

What if John McCain's negative ads were remade by David Lynch, M Night Shyamalan and Juno director Jason Reitman?

Oct 30, 2008 / Books & the Arts / The Landline

Back Talk: Kelly Link

Back Talk: Kelly Link Back Talk: Kelly Link

The novelist and publisher discusses zombies, teen romance and her reaction to being labeled a "New Weird" writer.

Oct 30, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood

Hooked: Bottomless Appetites and Overfished Seas Hooked: Bottomless Appetites and Overfished Seas

Three new books chronicle our wanton depletion of ocean life.

Oct 29, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Emily Biuso

The Horror of Dirt: Virginia Woolf and Her Servants The Horror of Dirt: Virginia Woolf and Her Servants

Upstairs and downstairs with Virginia, Vanessa and the Bloomsbury set.

Oct 29, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Elaine Blair

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