Books & the Arts

The Maharani of Muck The Maharani of Muck

Perched elegantly on an exotic throw pillow in her seaside Bombay apartment, the Arabian Sea breeze gently ruffling her long black hair, Shobhaa De looks like one of the seductre...

May 27, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Miranda Kennedy

Rockin’ for the Free World Rockin’ for the Free World

MoveOn.org joins forces with Lollapalooza to make change in November.

May 25, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Hillary Frey

Band of Insiders Band of Insiders

I know, you're too hip to see Troy.

May 20, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

The Metaphysical Couple The Metaphysical Couple

This book has a past, which begins at least in 1995, when Elzbieta Ettinger brought out a controversial account of the unpublished correspondence between Hannah Arendt and Martin...

May 20, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Carol Brightman

From the Prompter’s Box From the Prompter’s Box

Those first-nights when I see my charge's panic, And, in quick whispers, slip him mislaid lines, Untangled recognition scenes will light

May 20, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Alfred Corn

The North Korean Conundrum The North Korean Conundrum

In the prevailing American stereotype, North Korea is a failing Stalinist dictatorship held together only by the ruthless repression of a mad ruler who dreams of firing nuclear w...

May 20, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Selig S. Harrison

Who Let the Punks Out? Who Let the Punks Out?

The young and the angry mosh the vote for the November election.

May 20, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Kristin V. Jones

The Moral Case Against the Iraq War The Moral Case Against the Iraq War

The crimes at Abu Ghraib are a direct expression of the kind of war we are waging in Iraq.

May 13, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Paul Savoy

Artists Without Borders Artists Without Borders

Three years ago I saw a work by the late Swiss-German artist Dieter Roth that so captivated me that I am determined to write a book just to be able to reproduce it on the jacke...

May 13, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto

The Good War The Good War

For the last three and a half years the Israeli army has deployed American-supplied F-16 fighter jets, Apache helicopters, armored Caterpillar bulldozers and Merkava tanks po...

May 13, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Joel Beinin

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