Books & the Arts

Her Field Is Her Consciousness Her Field Is Her Consciousness

Celebrating Alice Notley, winner of the 2007 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize.

Mar 24, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Marie Ponsot

from Songs and Stories of the Ghouls from Songs and Stories of the Ghouls

Justice may appear in the guise of a hard, devious mother I want shoes for my baby son my werewolf son

Mar 24, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Alice Notley

from “The Islanders Remember That There Are No Women and No Men” from “The Islanders Remember That There Are No Women and No Men”

in the antediluvian island in the primordial swamp Hardwood was already my friend

Mar 24, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Alice Notley

Poem Poem

Thank Gerard Cascade: rain torrential rain waterfalls down our stone facade.

Mar 24, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Marie Ponsot

Who’s Got Game? Who’s Got Game?

A new book advocates equality for men and women on the playing field. But is that still a field of dreams?

Mar 24, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Lipsyte

Just Looking Just Looking

Mapping the difficulty, danger and beauty in the art of Nicholas Poussin.

Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto

Extreme Inequality Extreme Inequality

A look at the gap between rich and poor via two books: David Cay Johnson's Free Lunch and Michael J. Thompson's The Politics of Inequality.

Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Brook

Hard Times Hard Times

Amity Schlaes's history of the Great Depression is nothing less than an attempt to reclaim the 1930s for the free market.

Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein

Ordinary People Ordinary People

Woody Holton's history of America's origins celebrates the contributions of the common people.

Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robin Einhorn

Beyond the New Deal Beyond the New Deal

How refreshing it would be if a presidential candidate reminded us of the experience of the New Deal.

Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Howard Zinn

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