This Brave Nation: Peace Takes Courage This Brave Nation: Peace Takes Courage
Antiwar activist Ava Lowery and the ACLU's Anthony Romero discuss the legal quagmire into which the country has sunk since 9/11.
Jun 16, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Brave Nation
Back Talk: Honor Moore Back Talk: Honor Moore
Poet Honor Moore talks about her family's response to her memoir, The Bishop's Daughter.
Jun 11, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood
City of Fear City of Fear
A new book explores the historical ties between African-American and Japanese-American communities in Los Angeles.
Jun 11, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
Personal Histories Personal Histories
New collections by Adam Zagajewski and Julia Hartwig suggest that postwar Polish verse can't be reduced to "poetry of witness."
Jun 11, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Paloff
The Long Life of the Frontier Mullah The Long Life of the Frontier Mullah
The history of Pakistan's border regions remains an unruly captive of the imperial "Great Game."
Jun 11, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Basharat Peer
Solemn, Expanded Time Solemn, Expanded Time
An exhibition looks at the bits and pieces that made up some of the great artwork of Californian artist Jess.
Jun 5, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Out of Place Out of Place
How conservatives have turned a sense of exclusion into a powerful philosophy of self-styled truancy.
Jun 4, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Corey Robin
Waiting There Waiting There
And you go down that street Rainbows ahead bling you like midnight never does and I wonder where evening will be tonight My loved ones waiting there
Jun 4, 2008 / Books & the Arts / John Godfrey
Strange Alchemy Strange Alchemy
In A Conservative History of the American Left, Daniel Flynn can't decide whether to ridicule the left or fear it.
Jun 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Michael Kazin
This Brave Nation: Environmental Visionaries This Brave Nation: Environmental Visionaries
Carl Pope and Van Jones discuss the issues and movements that have informed and inspired their lives and work.
May 30, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Brave Nation