Class Struggle Class Struggle
In a nation that nominally eschews class distinctions as unbefitting our supposed classlessness, whose elected officials decry any protest over government largesse to the rich ...
Apr 17, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Peter Sacks
The Anatomy Lesson The Anatomy Lesson
Matthew Barney's Cremaster cycle
Apr 17, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Letter from Ground Zero Letter from Ground Zero
In the past 200 years, all of the earth's great territorial empires, whether dynastic or colonial, or both, have been destroyed. The list includes the Russian empire of the cza...
Apr 17, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Schell
Clash of Visualizations Clash of Visualizations
Consider this hypothetical situation.
Apr 10, 2003 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba
The New Globetrotters The New Globetrotters
Globalization: Use this word in a sentence, especially as the cause of something bad, and you will get knowing nods all around.
Apr 10, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Susan J. Douglas
Among the Gilded Paupers Among the Gilded Paupers
The quest for El Dorado, the mythic city of gold, is at the heart of the tumultuous history of the Americas.
Apr 10, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Anderson Tepper
The Little Mermaid’s Fortune-Teller The Little Mermaid’s Fortune-Teller
Refracted through your tide-washed hours, this prince drifts through algid brine, kelp-wound: his ship has foundered in your sky. For his sake you discover land, build
Apr 10, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Reginald Shepherd
Hors de Combat Hors de Combat
She's the ultimate quick-change artist, with a style that can absorb any trend and an image to match. She's gone from material girl to S/M maitresse, from power diva to content...
Apr 9, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Richard Goldstein
Dangerous Liaisons Dangerous Liaisons
He says he is not a fighter--or rather, the narrator says it; he's "an onlooker," someone who steps aside, "frail," "not the savior of the world," not a "prophet," speaking onl...
Apr 3, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Joseph McElroy
Death in Helsinki Death in Helsinki
OK, let's say that life goes on.
Apr 3, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans