Books & the Arts

Community Values Community Values

Allison Xantha Miller reviews The Rise and Fall of Synanon: A California Utopia, by Rod Janzen, and Shoes Outside the Door: Desire, Devotion and Excess at San Francisco Zen Center,...

Dec 7, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Allison Xantha Miller

That’s Vietnam, Jake That’s Vietnam, Jake

Three million American soldiers--men for the most part--participated in the US invasion of Vietnam over the decade-long duration of that war for us--roughly 1964 to 1973.

Nov 29, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Michael Uhl

American Buffaloer American Buffaloer

David Mamet's Heist is tasty, but not quite aces.

Nov 29, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Tim Appelo

Marketplace of Ideas or Tag Sale? Marketplace of Ideas or Tag Sale?

A review of Lawrence Lessig's The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in the Connected World.

Nov 29, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Steven Johnson

In Our Orbit In Our Orbit

Reviews of Grace Schulman's The Paintings of Our Lives and Stephen F. Cohen's Failed Crusade.

Nov 29, 2001 / Books & the Arts / The Editors

Jazzing Politics Jazzing Politics

Don Byron and Dave Douglas put the political back into jazz.

Nov 29, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Gene Santoro

Afghan Journals Afghan Journals

2 movie reviews: Jung (War) in the Land of the Mujaheddin; Kandahar

Nov 21, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

The Swan The Swan

Poetry

Nov 21, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Jill Bialosky

A Verdict on the System A Verdict on the System

Book review: A Trial by Jury, by D. Graham Burnett

Nov 21, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Carl T. Bogus

Lights! Cameras! Attack! Hollywood Enlists Lights! Cameras! Attack! Hollywood Enlists

The Taliban may have met its match: the American Dream Machine.

Nov 21, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Marc Cooper

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