Books & the Arts

More Money, Les Moonves More Money, Les Moonves

Seen, heard and observed on the picket line in Los Angeles as the WGA strike enters its second week.

Nov 13, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Annabelle Gurwitch

Susan Faludi: America’s Terror Dream Susan Faludi: America’s Terror Dream

A discussion with the author of The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America, the master narrative of our national security myth.

Nov 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Rashi Kesarwani

Writers Strike, Silence Falls Writers Strike, Silence Falls

As the screenwriters strike enters its second week, take a moment to appreciate those without whom late night comics are struck mute, movies are left unmade and on TV, there's no...

Nov 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Barbara Ehrenreich

Judging Thomas Judging Thomas

A close look at Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas reveals a deeply conservative and increasingly bitter man.

Nov 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener

In Our Orbit In Our Orbit

Edward Said's musical predilections capture the full complexity of the master theorist.

Nov 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / David Schiff

Fukú Americanus Fukú Americanus

Junot Díaz's masterful new novel maps the ambiguities in the modern immigrant experience in America.

Nov 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz

ART in America ART in America

Two new books explore the possibilities and ethical complications of assisted reproductive technology.

Nov 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow

Reading Lincoln in Pakistan Reading Lincoln in Pakistan

Pervez Musharraf wraps himself in Lincoln's mantle, but no one is fooled.

Nov 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner

Noted. Noted.

Peter Rothberg on extremist judges, Peter C. Baker on Radiohead.

Nov 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / The Editors

Valet of the Shadow of Death Valet of the Shadow of Death

Welcome to our treasured island seized from the tribe of enemy combatants who nursed us through the winter of 1642.

Nov 7, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Elizabeth Willis

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