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Oct 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Richard Deming Seeing Past the Ivy: Do Literary Mandarins Put Reading At Risk? Seeing Past the Ivy: Do Literary Mandarins Put Reading At Risk?Why the commentariat's response to hand-wringing about "the decline of reading" condescends to the large mass of nonspecialist readers. Oct 21, 2008 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz SNL: Amy Poehler Raps About Palin and Alaska SNL: Amy Poehler Raps About Palin and AlaskaAmy Poehler brings the house down with a Sarah Palin-inspired hip hop ode to Alaska and the McCain campaign. Oct 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Saturday Night Live Back Talk: Paul Offit Back Talk: Paul OffitA doctor defends scientific research against the potentially fatal misperceptions of the anti-vaccine movement. Oct 16, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood Walter Benjamin Forever: A Critic’s Coveted Afterlife Walter Benjamin Forever: A Critic’s Coveted AfterlifeFollowing the quirky, revolutionary life path of one of the most celebrated twentieth-century intellectuals. Oct 15, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Noah Isenberg Rooted in Reconstruction: The First Wave of Black Congressmen Rooted in Reconstruction: The First Wave of Black CongressmenWithout the courage of the forgotten black legislators of the Reconstruction era, it would be impossible for a black man today to run for president. Oct 15, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner Collateral Damage: Reporting the War in Iraq Collateral Damage: Reporting the War in IraqThree new books vividly portray the devastating impact of the invasion and occupation of Iraq. Oct 15, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Chris Toensing This Town Is Going Out of Business This Town Is Going Out of Business[This town is going out of business that I call my brain] [the public space of my head got suburbed] [the heaven-heaped core of capital-] [ized stars is empty now as sleep is full] [of new words for new feelings like infrastructure-] [nostalgia or love-outside-the- citadel] [the past tense is tragedy while the present tense is comedy] [as all the empires and epochs have ended] [but for this one and then only out here] [in the late districts of the imagination] [in the old light of our pretty periphery] Oct 15, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover The Kingston Trio and the Red Scare The Kingston Trio and the Red ScareThe death of Nick Reynolds, one of the Kingston Trio, last week at 75, provoked fond memories of one era and painful reminders of another. Oct 14, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Peter Dreier and Jim Vrabel Civic Virtues: Gore Vidal’s Selected Essays Civic Virtues: Gore Vidal’s Selected EssaysA new collection of Gore Vidal's essays showcases five decades of literary and political criticism, with his mocking, disenchanted patriotism in all its eloquence. Oct 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba |