Books and Ideas

Movin’ On Up Movin’ On Up

Now that we've crested the mountaintop, let's have some politically incorrect dreams.

Feb 7, 2008 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Mitt Romney, the Power-Point Moneybag, Will Stay in the Race Mitt Romney, the Power-Point Moneybag, Will Stay in the Race

A hidden weapon in our fight against recession.

Feb 7, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Long War of Wayne Felde The Long War of Wayne Felde

How a Vietnam vet wound up on Death Row.

Feb 5, 2008 / Feature / Doug Magee

The Big Yam The Big Yam

Chinese hearts, minds and pocketbooks get a lot of attention from the Eastern and Western consumer markets.

Jan 31, 2008 / Books & the Arts / John Feffer

New Old Things New Old Things

A new collection of short pieces by the prodigious and wide-ranging critic Luc Sante doubles as a history of Modernism's outlaws.

Jan 31, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Frances Richard

Lives on the Ground Lives on the Ground

New memoirs from Israel and Palestine offer the chance not to escape the political conflict but to grasp the way it impacts daily life.

Jan 31, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Adina Hoffman

He’s Just My Bill He’s Just My Bill

Torch song for the big dog

Jan 30, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Wall Street’s Crisis Wall Street’s Crisis

Wall Street crashes; thousands of people are wiped out, but the worst is yet to come.

Jan 29, 2008 / The Editors

Rambling Man Rambling Man

A modern-day Rip Van Winkle challenges the view that Europeans are too wrapped up in their past to move on.

Jan 24, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Mark Mazower

A Test of Poetry A Test of Poetry

More than any other American poet, George Oppen begs us to consider the elusive relationship between aesthetic and political responsibilities.

Jan 24, 2008 / Books & the Arts / James Longenbach

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