What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
In 1865 22-year-old Henry James contributed a scathing book review titled "The Noble School of Fiction" to the very first issue of The Nation.
May 5, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Mark Hatch-Miller
Supernanny State Supernanny State
TV shows that tell you how not to raise your children.
May 5, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Alfie Kohn
Southern Man Southern Man
Strom Thurmond's black daughter tells her story.
May 4, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Darryl Lorenzo Wellington
In Our Orbit In Our Orbit
Victor Navasky's new memoir of opinion journalism.
May 4, 2005 / Books & the Arts / The Nation
Trainspotting Trainspotting
A misleading history of the Underground Railroad.
May 4, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Drew Faust
The Avenging Angel The Avenging Angel
For abolitionist John Brown, equality was not a theoretical stance but a daily practice.
May 4, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Martin Duberman
The Lincoln Museum and Springfield’s Shame The Lincoln Museum and Springfield’s Shame
Visiting the Lincoln Museum and exposing a dark chapter in the town's history.
Apr 29, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Adrian Brune
Love’s Body Love’s Body
Kazuo Ishiguro is a writer renowned for his capacity to create beautifully controlled surfaces and to beautifully evoke the roiling emotions beneath them.
Apr 28, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Claire Messud
Compromising Positions Compromising Positions
Your movie reviewer has been reading Colin MacCabe's excellent book on Jean-Luc Godard and pondering its discussion of France after World War II.
Apr 28, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Crouching Tiger Crouching Tiger
Being Stanley Crouch is about as bruising a vocation as there is in what passes for--or remains of--polite literary society.
Apr 28, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Gene Seymour