Books & the Arts

Back Talk: Elizabeth Royte Back Talk: Elizabeth Royte

Environmental writer Elizabeth Royte plumbs our obsession with bottled water.

Sep 4, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood

We Colonials: Sodomy Laws in America We Colonials: Sodomy Laws in America

William Eskridge's Dishonorable Passions is the first comprehensive history of sodomy law in America.

Sep 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Margot Canaday

An Unlikely King: Hussein in War and Peace An Unlikely King: Hussein in War and Peace

An authoritative new biography of Jordan's King Hussein offers an absorbing diplomatic history of the Middle East.

Sep 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Bernard Avishai

All Aboard All Aboard

Tumbled down an incline at Bash Bish Broke many things; it was still spring

Sep 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Bernadette Mayer

The Problem Is Empire The Problem Is Empire

The challenge to the peace movement is not to liberalize the empire; the task is to peacefully and steadily bring it to an end--and make democracy safe for the world.

Sep 2, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Tom Hayden

Making History Making History

Progressives are saying this is a moment of transformational politics. Is the party leadership listening?

Aug 27, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Victor Navasky

Poll Position: John Zogby and the Future of Polling Poll Position: John Zogby and the Future of Polling

Pollster John Zogby's new book illuminates the changing nature of American values and lives.

Aug 27, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Alexander Provan

Britten’s ‘Peter Grimes’ a Masterpiece of Opera Noir Britten’s ‘Peter Grimes’ a Masterpiece of Opera Noir

A recent production of Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes is a grim masterpiece of opera noir.

Aug 27, 2008 / Books & the Arts / David Schiff

Salman Rushdie’s Imaginative New ‘Enchantress of Florence’ Salman Rushdie’s Imaginative New ‘Enchantress of Florence’

Salman Rushdie probes the limits of the imagination to produce his most coherent and readable novel.

Aug 27, 2008 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz

‘Zek’ Freedom Brings Back Memories of Stalin’s Russia ‘Zek’ Freedom Brings Back Memories of Stalin’s Russia

The freeing of the "zeks" confronted Russia with living memories of the Terror.

Aug 27, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stephen F. Cohen

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