Rick Perlstein’s ‘Nixonland’: A Gripping Look at the Nixon Era Rick Perlstein’s ‘Nixonland’: A Gripping Look at the Nixon Era
Historian Rick Perlstein explores the resentment and polarization sparked by the Nixon era's cultural and political strife.
Aug 13, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Thomas J. Sugrue
Along With Whatever Has Not Yet Been Named Along With Whatever Has Not Yet Been Named
Take if you will this improbable boy, skin like August arcing toward its apex, heat sheen across the highway, hazy gloss on the way things seem, in transit
Aug 13, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Reginald Shepherd
Music’s Measures Music’s Measures
A jazz writer pays tribute to his longtime collaborator on The Penguin Guide to Jazz.
Aug 12, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Brian Morton
Brad, Angelina and the Baby Bump Bonanza Brad, Angelina and the Baby Bump Bonanza
As print journalism faces extinction, tabloids obsess over celebrity pregnancy and childbirth. What's wrong with this picture?
Aug 11, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Meredith Blake
Solzhenitsyn’s Life and Our Times Solzhenitsyn’s Life and Our Times
Despite the controversies he aroused in the West and in Russia, Solzhenitsyn remains above all else a writer who bore witness to Soviet society's long-censored suffering.
Aug 6, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Magic Moment for America A Magic Moment for America
The nomination of Barack Obama--so able intellectually, morally and spiritually--marks a magic moment for America, culminating the hopes of those who worked for a more perfect unio...
Aug 5, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Rev. Jesse L. Jackson
The Disasterplex The Disasterplex
Superstars and superheroes fight and flounder through Hollywood's season of wanton destruction.
Jul 31, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
End With a Comma End With a Comma
End with a comma, the end The more decisive because Inadvertent, broken off, The implied Clause, whatever Qualification or
Jul 30, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Edwin Frank
Elvis Costello’s Momofuku: A Portrait of Love and Lust Elvis Costello’s Momofuku: A Portrait of Love and Lust
Elvis Costello's new album is a worthy addition to his seemingly endless catalog of beauty and bile.
Jul 30, 2008 / Books & the Arts / David Yaffe
Archaeological Digs Stoke Conflict in Jerusalem Archaeological Digs Stoke Conflict in Jerusalem
The race for "Jewish" bedrock has turned a Jerusalem slum's archaeological riches into an existential threat.
Jul 30, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Adina Hoffman