‘The Heart’s Garden’ ‘The Heart’s Garden’
The day that Kenneth Rexroth died was not a dark, cold day.
Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella
In Our Orbit In Our Orbit
"Ifavor unconditional withdrawal from the territories," says a former head of Israel's security service, rather starkly, given his background. It's from an interview in this ed...
Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / The Editors
A Nation at Risk A Nation at Risk
A year ago Congress overwhelmingly approved George W.
Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Peter Sacks
Taslima’s Pilgrimage Taslima’s Pilgrimage
"A war was about to start. Knots of wide-eyed people gathered in courtyards, in open fields, on street corners....
Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Meredith Tax
Excursions in the Real World Excursions in the Real World
Why is so much fiction written in our language and why is so much of what is written of so little consequence?
Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Patrick Smith
The Real IRA The Real IRA
This is the best book yet written about the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Eamonn McCann
Letting Out the (War) Dogs Letting Out the (War) Dogs
They say that war is hell, and Chris Hedges shows us how and why. Hedges's War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning painfully and profoundly illustrates how violent conflict destro...
Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Joseph Nevins
What Would Jesus Do? What Would Jesus Do?
It's easy to find fault with Blue Shoe, Anne Lamott's sixth novel.
Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Charlotte Innes
Wellstone in Washington: A Remembrance Wellstone in Washington: A Remembrance
Washington loved Paul Wellstone more in death than in life. In the days following his demise in an airplane crash--which also claimed the lives of h...
Oct 30, 2002 / David Corn
Mourning Wellstone, Preparing for Nov. 5 Mourning Wellstone, Preparing for Nov. 5
MINNEAPOLIS -- "We pay tribute to a leader -- a true DFL liberal..." shouted US Senator Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, invoking the initials and the ideological tradition of the Minnesota De...
Oct 30, 2002 / John Nichols