Mystic Poet Mystic Poet
Most biographies of literary figures are a wonderful substitute for actually having to read the work.
Nov 20, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Terry Eagleton
Phantom of the White House Phantom of the White House
"We now live in a culture that's hyperaware of the construction and manipulation of images in politics," David Greenberg writes in Nixon's Shadow.
Nov 20, 2003 / Books & the Arts / J. Hoberman
The Foreign Correspondent The Foreign Correspondent
How we miss Martha Gellhorn, and how we need her right now!
Nov 20, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Neal Ascherson
A Soldier’s Story A Soldier’s Story
In the annals of American politics Winning Modern Wars is an unusual book.
Nov 20, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Frances FitzGerald
The Name of Love The Name of Love
In January 1948 Dutton brought out the third novel of a promising young writer named Gore Vidal. The publishing house was nervous.
Nov 20, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Adam Haslett
Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote
On the page, Patricia Highsmith could inspire a law-abiding citizen to become a willing accomplice to murder, at least within the realm of the imagination.
Nov 20, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Kera Bolonik
Memoirs of a Revolutionist Memoirs of a Revolutionist
Who can recall the late Stokely Carmichael's first name and not associate it with the two most incendiary words of the 1960s, Black Power?
Nov 20, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Norman Kelley
Reason for Doubt Reason for Doubt
"Iwouldn't ask him to escort my daughter to her senior prom," explained one of the jurors who in mid-November acquitted Robert Durst of murdering his quarrelsome neighbor, Morr...
Nov 20, 2003 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
The London Trip of a Global Tyrant The London Trip of a Global Tyrant
This city has been the November host of a global tyrant, on whose rampages the sun never sets. His name is not George Bush but Rupert Murdoch.
Nov 20, 2003 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
A Short History of Dick Cheney as Minder A Short History of Dick Cheney as Minder
At first, we thought we should be glad To have a nanny for the lad-- Young Bush, who might be overawed, Who'd barely even been abroad,
Nov 20, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin