Books & the Arts

In the Bosom of Jesus In the Bosom of Jesus

The almost exact coincidence in time between the destruction of the Buddha figures by the Taliban in Afghanistan and Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's renewed jihad against the Brooklyn Mu...

May 10, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto

Suffer the Children Suffer the Children

In 1995 the brutal slaying of Elisa Izquierdo by her crack-addicted mother seized headlines. Responding to the public's outrage that city officials had ignored obvious signs that ...

May 10, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Daphne Eviatar

The Marriage of Orpheus The Marriage of Orpheus

Something brushed my cheek with damp-- a leaf, its little valley slick with run-off after rain. One last drop shook loose and struck a spider web, which shuddered but held o...

May 10, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Debora Greger

Literature’s Candida Literature’s Candida

One recent Tuesday, members of the literary old guard gathered at the Church of All Souls on Manhattan's Upper East Side to bid final farewell to one of their secret society and t...

May 10, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Dan Simon

Indecent Proposals Indecent Proposals

When the guy I'm seeing, Dan, invited me to the Wayne Wang film The Center of the World I felt sure it would lead to a hot night. The movie poster featured a stripper licking a lo...

May 10, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Amy Sohn

Ripley, Believe It or Not Ripley, Believe It or Not

Tim Appelo reviews the film With a Friend Like Harry.

May 3, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Tim Appelo

Marjorie Garber, PI Marjorie Garber, PI

A look at a new book by the author of Vested Interests.

May 3, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Robert S. Boynton

Margaret Mead vs. Tony Soprano Margaret Mead vs. Tony Soprano

Feminist anthropology fights for public voice in a new era.

May 3, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Micaela di Leonardo

Hitler’s Willing Executives Hitler’s Willing Executives

John Friedman reviews Edwin Black's IBM and the Holocaust and Reinhold Billstein et al.'s Working for the Enemy.

May 3, 2001 / Books & the Arts / John S. Friedman

The Designer Workplace The Designer Workplace

Debra Cash visits the Museum of Modern Art's "Workspheres" exhibition.

Apr 26, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Debra Cash

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