Rising Above Rising Above
An anecdotal history of New York City street art.
Dec 16, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Nick Stillman
‘Lost as Food and Won as a Coast’ ‘Lost as Food and Won as a Coast’
Is a new, computer-generated poetry anthology as intriguing--and boring--as the lifework of any fairly prolific poet?
Dec 2, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Sloveniafest Sloveniafest
What is it about Slovene poetry that has attracted so many American poets?
Nov 18, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Jordan Davis
The Idiocrats The Idiocrats
Why do Internet boosters continue to confuse social networking with art?
Nov 4, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Alexander Provan
Seeing Past the Ivy: Do Literary Mandarins Put Reading At Risk? Seeing Past the Ivy: Do Literary Mandarins Put Reading At Risk?
Why the commentariat's response to hand-wringing about "the decline of reading" condescends to the large mass of nonspecialist readers.
Oct 21, 2008 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz
Krapp’s Last Horse Krapp’s Last Horse
With his new play Kicking a Dead Horse, Sam Shepard is still stranded in a prairie of tough-guy cliché.
Oct 7, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Akiva Gottlieb
Darkness Becomes Him Darkness Becomes Him
A French pundit's short journey from Maoism to the cult of moi.
Sep 23, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Scott McLemee
Music’s Measures Music’s Measures
A jazz writer pays tribute to his longtime collaborator on The Penguin Guide to Jazz.
Aug 12, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Brian Morton
Staged Reading Staged Reading
How Judith Thompson's play about Abu Ghraib falls short.
Jul 29, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon
Uncomplicated Uncomplicated
Slavoj Žižek's newest book may cause readers to conclude that the superstar philosopher has misplaced his marbles.
Jul 14, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Miller