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Oct 3, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Dalton Trumbo
25 Questions About the Murder of New Orleans 25 Questions About the Murder of New Orleans
New Orleans did not die an accidental death--it was murdered by deliberate design and planned neglect. Here are twenty-five urgent questions from the people who live in a city subm...
Sep 30, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Mike Davis and Anthony Fontenot
Mute Point Mute Point
The undulating monoliths in architect Peter Eisenman's Holocaust memorial in Berlin are more banal than beautiful--which suits Eisenman fine.
Sep 29, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Fighting the Abyss Fighting the Abyss
Although The Aesthetics of Resistance delves into leftist notions of art and class struggle, this account of an anti-Nazi youth group in Germany seems outdated now.
Sep 29, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Noah Isenberg
Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment
A recent surge of novels and memoirs reveals for the first time the ways in which Germans suffered from Allied "total war" strategy during World War II.
Sep 29, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Mark M. Anderson
A Devil’s Dictionary of Business A Devil’s Dictionary of Business
Had your fill of spin and flimflam about the greatness of corporate America? Here's the real truth about money, high finance and low, commerce, clever tricks, globalism and globalo...
Sep 27, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Nicholas von Hoffman
Anywhere But Here Anywhere But Here
Tim Burton enlivens the dark and gloomy life of corpses and aristocrats in Corpse Bride; Occupation: Dreamland offers an unsentimental view of Iraqi soldiers.
Sep 22, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
The Blank Verses The Blank Verses
A Rick Moody novel is generally about one thing and that is Rick Moody's ability to write very long, occasionally graceful sentences.
Sep 22, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood
In Search of Sam Cooke In Search of Sam Cooke
A womanizing gospel king and black-pride pop star, Sam Cooke led a short life filled with contradiction.
Sep 22, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Robert Christgau
Readers Respond to Sharon Olds Readers Respond to Sharon Olds
Readers respond to poet Sharon Olds's decision to decline Laura Bush's invitation to dine at the White House.
Sep 21, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Our Readers