Books & the Arts

Bush Isn’t Listening Bush Isn’t Listening

By ignoring his advisors and the will of the people, Bush is recklessly using American lives to salvage a delusional policy.

Jan 11, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Tillie Olsen: 1912-2007 Tillie Olsen: 1912-2007

Celebrating the eloquence of the feminist, activist and writer in whose work memory, history, poetry and prophecy converge.

Jan 5, 2007 / Books & the Arts / John Leonard

The General in His Labyrinth The General in His Labyrinth

Reviews of Guillermo del Toro's dizzying Pan's Labyrinth and part two of Clint Eastwood's World War II opus, Letters From Iwo Jima.

Jan 4, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Hurricane Carter Hurricane Carter

Jimmy Carter has been vilified for saying things about the occupation in his new book that appear regularly in Israeli newspapers.

Jan 4, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Henry Siegman

Moving On Up Moving On Up

Jay-Z, self-styled savior of hip-hop, is the face of the new establishment.

Jan 4, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jeff Chang

On What Became of Mathew Brady’s Battle Photographs On What Became of Mathew Brady’s Battle Photographs

Sunlight and plant light glass and stain the campaign the conflict the dead frozen in air the sun and the sweat the swell of fetid flesh

Jan 4, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Peter Gizzi

Greater Than Warren Harding? Greater Than Warren Harding?

On Gerald Ford's greatness and the New York Times's ghastly coverage of Iraq.

Jan 4, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Alexander Cockburn

Ford, Nixon, The Nation Ford, Nixon, The Nation

The story behind the story of Gerald Ford's pardon of Nixon.

Jan 4, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Victor Navasky

Kids Kids

Spring Awakening is a highly politicized play that explores the sexuality of young teenagers and the adult heartache that can accompany it.

Dec 20, 2006 / Books & the Arts / The Nation

Faraway, So Close Faraway, So Close

In Five Germanys I Have Known--part memoir, part extended rumination on German-Jewish identity--Fritz Stern revisits his family's past and finds that he has never been quite at hom...

Dec 20, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Omer Bartov

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