In the Lost Realm of the Real In the Lost Realm of the Real
Michael Dibdin's detective Zen series sounds a melancholy note for an old Italy rife with political enemies.
May 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Carl Bromley
Searching for Traces Searching for Traces
There was little enthusiasm for revisiting the camps in Communist Hungary. Author Imre Kertész refracts that reluctance in fictional form.
May 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Ruth Scurr
The Reminder-General The Reminder-General
Tony Judt fears the twenty-first century has spawned a culture hell- bent on forgetting the past.
May 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stefan Collini
Dead Letters Dead Letters
Austrian novelist Stefan Zweig saw himself as a Freud of fiction--a fellow spelunker in the caverns of the heart.
May 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz
Torturing Iron Man Torturing Iron Man
The Pentagon does a star turn in Iron Man, and the summer blockbuster turns the realities of the war in Afganistan upside down. Will anyone notice?
May 21, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Nick Turse
Taz Year Thirty Taz Year Thirty
Germany's leading left daily wins the fight to name a street after a leader of the 1968 student movement.
May 19, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Paul Hockenos
Radio Nation With Laura Flanders Radio Nation With Laura Flanders
Arthur C. Danto recalls Robert Rauschenberg, Richard Kim analyzes California's gay marriage ruling.
May 19, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Radio Nation
Why War, Inc. Works Why War, Inc. Works
John Cusack's War, Inc. takes on a seldom-discussed aspect of the occupation: the corporate dominance of the US war machine.
May 16, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Jeremy Scahill
Back Talk: Tod Papageorge Back Talk: Tod Papageorge
Photographer Tod Papageorge reflects on the links between American sports and the Vietnam War.
May 15, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood