The Art of 9/11 The Art of 9/11
Mama, build me a fence!
Sep 5, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
A Green Ground Zero A Green Ground Zero
The debate over how to redevelop the World Trade Center site has revolved around several key concerns: the commercial interests of the real estate industry, the public's desire...
Sep 5, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Amanda Griscom and Will Dana
Map to Ground Zero Map to Ground Zero
The footprints of clashing interests.
Sep 5, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Philip Nobel
Alabanza: In Praise of Local 100 Alabanza: In Praise of Local 100
For the 43 members of Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Local 100, working at the Windows on the World restaurant, who lost their lives in the attack on the World Trade Ce...
Sep 5, 2002 / Books & the Arts / MartÃn Espada
Changing History Changing History
Editor's Note: One year after the attacks, Eric Foner assessed the impact of 9/11 on the way America tells the story of itself and readjusts its relationship with the world. ...
Sep 5, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
Book Reviewing, African-American Style Book Reviewing, African-American Style
On April 14, my review of Maya Angelou's A Song Flung Up to Heaven appeared in the Los Angeles Times Book Review. I finally assessed the book thusly: In writing that is bad to ...
Aug 29, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Wanda Coleman
Mitchell Paints a Picture Mitchell Paints a Picture
In Empire Falls, Richard Russo’s neo-Dickensian novel of a dying mill-town in central Maine, the high school art teacher is portrayed as something of a soul-killer. Indiffere…
Aug 29, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Auteur, Auteur! Auteur, Auteur!
The streets of lower Manhattan are deserted--also spotlessly clean and glowing in the light of the golden hour--when the studio head takes the movie director outside to tell hi...
Aug 29, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Hey, He’s Bruce Hey, He’s Bruce
When Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, reunited to tour behind The Rising, came to Madison Square Garden on August 12, they juxtaposed "41 Shots," Springsteen's powerful so...
Aug 29, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Gene Santoro
In Cold Type In Cold Type
As summer winds down, retreats and vacations come to an end (no more toasted marshmallows) and regular life begins again, with everyday chores like buying new shoes for childre...
Aug 29, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Amy Wilentz