Books and Ideas

A Kind of Waiting Always A Kind of Waiting Always

A new book of Rod Smith's poems maps the geometry of social life in thoughts and phrases.

Dec 6, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

The Old and New Shapes of Nuclear Danger The Old and New Shapes of Nuclear Danger

During the cold war, the driving force was the bilateral arms race; now it's proliferation.

Dec 6, 2007 / Feature / Jonathan Schell

A Short Summary of What Karl Rove Now Says About the Origins of the War A Short Summary of What Karl Rove Now Says About the Origins of the War

War? What war?

Dec 5, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Dreamlife Without Angels Dreamlife Without Angels

John Ashbery has given us the ideal poetry for the Information Age.

Nov 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko

Orwelled Orwelled

A recent collection of essays brings George Orwell into the new millennium.

Nov 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker

Dark Rooms Dark Rooms

Susie Linfield | The photographers who documented the Spanish Civil War captured the heart of battle in ways that now seem iconic but were then radically new.

Nov 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Susie Linfield

Bare-Bones Huckabee Creeps Up on Free-Spending Romney in Iowa, While Humming ‘O Tannenbaum’ Bare-Bones Huckabee Creeps Up on Free-Spending Romney in Iowa, While Humming ‘O Tannenbaum’

Great hair and lots of money can't get you everything.

Nov 29, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Taxaholics Anonymous Taxaholics Anonymous

My name is Annabelle, and I love paying taxes.

Nov 28, 2007 / Annabelle Gurwitch

Pointe Work Pointe Work

Nureyev: The Life brings new focus to an iconic figure of modern ballet.

Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Marina Harss

Many Exits Many Exits

Philip Roth's Exit Ghost considers whether we're astonished by death or the life that precedes it.

Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Matt Weiland

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