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