Books & the Arts

Mr. Dynamite Splits Mr. Dynamite Splits

A poem in tribute to the passing of James Brown.

Mar 22, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Thomas Sayers Ellis

Veiled Intolerance Veiled Intolerance

A batch of new books describe how European governments have dealt with Muslim immigrants and citizens since 9/11.

Mar 22, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Richard Wolin

Esperando a Mills Esperando a Mills

Recordamos la vida y el trabajo notable del sociólogo estadounidense quien a pesar de la fatiga de la Oficina Federal de Investigación se quedó muy dedicado a ...

Mar 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Ricardo Alarcón

Waiting for C. Wright Mills Waiting for C. Wright Mills

Remembering the remarkable life and work of the American sociologist who, despite FBI harassment, remained engaged in the Cuban Revolution.

Mar 20, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Ricardo Alarcón

Take the Money and Run Take the Money and Run

New biographies of Andrew Carnegie and Andrew Mellon depict the two primeval capitalists in all their contradictory complexity.

Mar 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Steve Fraser

Made in USA Made in USA

Two books about Kofi Annan illuminate the controlling relationship between the US and the United Nations.

Mar 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Perry Anderson

King of Calypso King of Calypso

In praise of Harry Belafonte, on his eightieth birthday.

Mar 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Walter Mosley

Soft-Core Sexism Soft-Core Sexism

If movies reflect our shared consensus about right and wrong, Black Snake Moan speaks volumes about twenty-first-century America.

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

Guantánamo, Dred Scott and the Amistad Guantánamo, Dred Scott and the Amistad

The US Supreme Court should look back on its most regrettable and most courageous decisions.

Mar 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith

The Things They Carried The Things They Carried

Reviews of The Host, The Wind That Shakes the Barley and The Namesake.

Mar 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

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