The NYRB Is Rewriting Tony Judt’s Stance on Israel The NYRB Is Rewriting Tony Judt’s Stance on Israel
Judt called for a just resolution to the conflict, not the preservation of a “Jewish State.”
Jul 14, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Muhammad Idrees Ahmad
Words for Music Perhaps Words for Music Perhaps
Warm and unaffected, Philip Glass’s memoir is nothing like his music.
Apr 14, 2015 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu
Camus Redux Camus Redux
Today, Albert Camus is still alive but changed, thanks to the art of David Oelhoffen and Kamel Daoud.
Feb 4, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Alice Kaplan
A Q&A With Charles Blow on Race, Poverty, Sexual Predators and the CIA A Q&A With Charles Blow on Race, Poverty, Sexual Predators and the CIA
The New York Times columnist discusses his new book, Fire Shut Up in My Bones.
Oct 15, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
The Haus of Maus The Haus of Maus
Art Spiegelman’s twitchy irreverence
Aug 27, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon
My Memories of Gabriel García Márquez My Memories of Gabriel García Márquez
What more could a young writer want than to spend hours and hours with the greatest author alive?
May 6, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Ariel Dorfman
From & Friends From & Friends
Failing upward at the Democratic Leadership Council with Al From.
Feb 11, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Rick Perlstein
Shelf Life Shelf Life
Ralph Lemon’s Come Home Charley Patton
May 21, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Marina Harss
And Darkness Comes: On Aleksandar Hemon And Darkness Comes: On Aleksandar Hemon
How did everything a writer had known and loved come violently apart?
Apr 24, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier
Stalker Stalker
For the novelist James Lasdun, being stalked online is like “swallowing a cup of poison every morning.”
Feb 13, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Caleb Crain