Books & the Arts

Grace Grace

The line we must walk without any shadow of a doubt, echoes in the heart. The history of each person's bread. Everything is,

Jun 18, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Pam Rehm

It’s About Freedom It’s About Freedom

Philip Guston at the Morgan Library.

Jun 17, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Nick Stillman

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

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