Books & the Arts

An Appetite for Liebling An Appetite for Liebling

If we had four or five Abbott Joseph Lieblings in Iraq and Washington, it might be a different war, one in which those hugely amiable, observant and amusable souls could bring us...

Nov 24, 2004 / Books & the Arts / David Thomson

Prisoner of Love Prisoner of Love

I was introduced to Bernard-Henri Lévy this spring at a stop on his latest book tour. It was a few minutes before he was due to face the audience.

Nov 18, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Robbins

Suspension of Disbelief Suspension of Disbelief

Ask Americans to enumerate their civil liberties and they instinctively turn to freedom of speech and the press.

Nov 18, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner

What Bearden Taught Me What Bearden Taught Me

Also in this issue, an essay on Romare Bearden by Arthur C. Danto .

Nov 18, 2004 / Books & the Arts / The Nation

An Artist Beyond Category An Artist Beyond Category

Also in this issue, Branford Marsalis talks about Romare Bearden with Adam Shatz.

Nov 18, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto

Dark Habits Dark Habits

As times change, so do the questions that a movie prompts.

Nov 11, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

2004 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize 2004 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize

The tasks of poetry have never been more important or more difficult than they are now.

Nov 11, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Brenda Hillman

Masters of Their Universe Masters of Their Universe

Beginning in the fifteenth century, Africa, Europe and the Americas came together in the Atlantic to create new economies, new cultures and new societies.

Nov 11, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Ira Berlin

Flowers for Albert Flowers for Albert

On the morning of November 25, 1970, the body of a young African-American male was recovered from the foot of the Congress Street Pier in Brooklyn.

Nov 4, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Brian Morton

With Friends Like These With Friends Like These

Unlike communism and socialism, trade unionism has rarely inspired published "second thoughts" by embittered apostates.

Nov 4, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Steve Early

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