Treasure Island Treasure Island
Reviews of Iron Island, Inside Man and Sisters in Law.
Apr 6, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
The Odd Couple The Odd Couple
In Sound and Fury, sportswriter Dave Kindred examines the intersecting lives of Muhammad Ali and Howard Cosell.
Apr 6, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Gene Seymour
Inside Man Inside Man
In America at the Crossroads, Francis Fukuyama critiques the neoconservative movement and its disastrous defense of the Iraq War. But he remains fully committed to the unchecked us...
Apr 6, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Perry Anderson
When Doves Cry When Doves Cry
Two new books explore the Arab-Israeli tragedy: Shlomo Ben-Ami's Scars of War, Wounds of Peace and Gershom Gorenberg's The Accidental Empire.
Mar 30, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Joel Beinin
Poll Vault Poll Vault
In Conned, Nation reporter Sasha Abramsky sets out to highlight a growing population of disenfranchised Americans.
Mar 30, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Mark Sorkin
The Life I Didn’t Lead The Life I Didn’t Lead
A meditation on travel, art and a life fully lived.
Mar 23, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Linda Pastan
Strangers in the Land Strangers in the Land
Human Cargo and The Rights of Others chronicle the plight of refugees and migrants, revealing how seemingly simple moral positions can assume toxic political form.
Mar 23, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Corey Robin
Brother From Another Planet Brother From Another Planet
If you missed the 1995 CUNY "Question of Identity" conference, the issue of October magazine devoted to it, the "remarkable" essay on the same subject in Diacritics or--even wo...
Mar 23, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Russell Jacoby
The Wild Child The Wild Child
Reviews of L'Enfant, V for Vendetta, Shakespeare Behind Bars, Toro Negro, The Devil's Miner and Mardi Gras: Made in China.
Mar 23, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Experimental Art Experimental Art
Alan Lightman makes scientists into artists in his new book The Discoveries, promoting original journal articles as "the great novels and symphonies of science."
Mar 16, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Foer