Books & the Arts

Moyers & FDR Moyers & FDR

When Franklin Delano Roosevelt was President, my father knew he had a friend in the White House. We should rekindle that spirit today.

Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Bill Moyers

Song of the Andoumboulou: 77 Song of the Andoumboulou: 77

 A new name remembering   thirteen dead was on the box. One of seven sets of twins to

Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Nathaniel Mackey

War Novelist War Novelist

THE NAKED AND THE DEAD. By Norman Mailer. Rinehart and Company. $4.

Nov 20, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Ira Wolfert

The Thinking Person’s Reader’s Digest The Thinking Person’s Reader’s Digest

Lapham's Quarterly makes its debut, seeking to explain the present with illuminations from the past.

Nov 20, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Evan Cornog

Roscoe Mitchell’s Wolf Tones Roscoe Mitchell’s Wolf Tones

The subtle sounds of this saxophonist defy definition.

Nov 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Brian Morton

Triumph of the Wills Triumph of the Wills

A new apologia for Anglo-Saxon noblesse oblige needs a reality check.

Nov 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Brook

Rules of the Game Rules of the Game

A fresh translation of a Portuguese classic offers a poignant portrait of a country's decline.

Nov 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Marcela Valdes

Will the Real Generation Obama Please Stand Up? Will the Real Generation Obama Please Stand Up?

The cranky, quirky and sometimes progressive politics practiced by a generation once considered slackers could be a deciding factor in this presidential election.

Nov 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lakshmi Chaudhry

Carter Speaks His Mind Carter Speaks His Mind

A conversation with the former President on Jonathan Demme's new film, Jimmy Carter Man From Plains, and the difficulty of talking about Israel and Palestine.

Nov 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols

Come On, People Come On, People

A new book by Bill Cosby and Alvin Poussaint is a tough-love prescription for social change. Why are critics in the black community piling on?

Nov 14, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Amy Alexander

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