Books and Ideas

Remembering Studs Remembering Studs

Studs Terkel's longtime publisher looks back on the historian's remarkable career.

Nov 13, 2008 / Books & the Arts / André Schiffrin

On the Trashing of Sarah Palin On the Trashing of Sarah Palin

It wasn't her idea, was it?

Nov 12, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Que Sera, Sarah? Que Sera, Sarah?

As Sarah Palin goes back to Alaska, take a moment to appreciate some other Sarahs.

Nov 7, 2008 / Column / Annabelle Gurwitch

In Defense of Studs Terkel In Defense of Studs Terkel

Edward Rothstein separates Studs Terkel's politics from his oral history, proving he doesn't understand the man's legacy at all.

Nov 6, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Howard Zinn

The Colbert Report: The Word–‘Change’ The Colbert Report: The Word–‘Change’

Colbert laments that many 'hard-working scaremongers' may lose their job now that Obama has won the presidency.

Nov 6, 2008 / The Colbert Report

Unreal City: Rilke’s Phantasmagoric Fiction Unreal City: Rilke’s Phantasmagoric Fiction

An appraisal of Rainer Maria Rilke's novel, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge.

Nov 6, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Lytal

Bloodstained Ghosts: The Children of Revolutionary France Bloodstained Ghosts: The Children of Revolutionary France

Robert Gildea examines France between the revolution and World War I.

Nov 6, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Ruth Scurr

Between Reticence and Revelation: Bishop’s and Lowell’s Letters Between Reticence and Revelation: Bishop’s and Lowell’s Letters

Reading the letters of Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop.

Nov 6, 2008 / Books & the Arts / James Longenbach

Studs Studs

Remembering our national griot, the bearer of stories of people, ordinary and extraordinary.

Nov 6, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Victor Navasky

Race in America, November 5, 2008 Race in America, November 5, 2008

It's been a long time coming.

Nov 5, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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