What Boddah You?: The Authenticity Debate What Boddah You?: The Authenticity Debate
If there's one thing everyone agrees on about Hawaii writer Lois-Ann Yamanaka, it's that she has a perfect ear for local pidgin dialects, which change cadence and idiom througho...
Feb 11, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Mindy Pennybacker
The Footlights’ Non-Glare The Footlights’ Non-Glare
At lunch with a colleague who is devoted to the theater, the discussion turned to Broadway and she mentioned she had seen the revival of On the Town, the buoyant 1944 Comd...
Feb 11, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Rachel Shteir
The Principal Remaining Argument for an Extended Impeachment Trial The Principal Remaining Argument for an Extended Impeachment Trial
It might make sense to end it now, except That wouldn't show the managers respect. So even if their case now seems inert,
Feb 4, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
LA Story: Backlash of the Boosters LA Story: Backlash of the Boosters
What happens to a leading Marxist writer after he gets a MacArthur genius grant, a Getty Fellowship, and his new book hits number one on the nonfiction bestseller list?
Feb 4, 1999 / Feature / Jon Wiener
Ellington Hits 100 Ellington Hits 100
On the eve of the New York premiere of his Symphony No.
Feb 4, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Albert Murray
The False Dawn of Civil Society The False Dawn of Civil Society
When we put our faith in civil society, we are grasping at straws.
Feb 4, 1999 / Feature / David Rieff
Two, Like, Star-Crossed Lovers Two, Like, Star-Crossed Lovers
When a young woman in high school frets about the folks in Mogadishu--when, for that matter, she can spell "Mogadishu"--American moviegoers know she needs a fashion makeover, a ...
Feb 4, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Going for the Gunmakers Going for the Gunmakers
A short walk from my home in New Haven stands the farm of that prototypical Connecticut Yankee, Eli Whitney. In 1798 Whitney hit on a bold new scheme: interchangeable parts for...
Feb 4, 1999 / Bruce Shapiro
Liberal Pilgrim’s Progress Liberal Pilgrim’s Progress
Time magazine once diagnosed newspaper columnist, author, professor-at-large and Hugh Hefner sidekick Max Lerner (190292) as suffering from a "crush on Americ...
Feb 4, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Carlin Romano
Sextuple Jeopardy Sextuple Jeopardy
In The Spirit of the Laws, Montesquieu draws a distinction that is useful in thinking about the impeachment of Bill Clinton.
Feb 4, 1999 / Jonathan Schell