Science Fiction Science Fiction
Richard Powers's The Echo Maker speaks volumes about neuroscience, nature and environmental degradation. But it says little about what it means to be alive.
Sep 20, 2006 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz
New Bill Would Defend Marriage From Sharks New Bill Would Defend Marriage From Sharks
Some Democrats who say they support sharks' rights have been careful not to oppose the bill outright.
Sep 18, 2006 / The Nation
Short Takes Short Takes
Reviews of Half of a Yellow Sun, St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves and The City Is a Rising Tide.
Sep 14, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Fatin Abbas and Christine Smallwood
The Lives They Led The Lives They Led
Claire Messud's The Emperor's Children is a superb comedy of manners, a richly tragicomic view of three thirtysomething Ivy Leaguers in the days leading up to 9/11.
Sep 14, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Kate Levin
George Bush Explains His Policy on Torture To Someone Who Is Being Waterboarded George Bush Explains His Policy on Torture To Someone Who Is Being Waterboarded
Don't worry--it only feels like you're drowning.
Sep 14, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
US Dedicates $64 Billion to Undermining Gates Foundation Efforts US Dedicates $64 Billion to Undermining Gates Foundation Efforts
Director Of National Intelligence John D. Negroponte gives details.
Sep 11, 2006 / The Nation
Unsentimental Education Unsentimental Education
A new memoir by Robert Hughes reveals the idiosyncratic sensibility of a celebrated art critic.
Sep 7, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Christopher Hitchens
Londonistan Calling Londonistan Calling
Gautam Malkani's new novel explores the cross-section of youth culture, heritage and identity in London's polyglot, postcolonial neighborhoods.
Sep 7, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Gary Younge
Ottoman Ghosts Ottoman Ghosts
Caroline Finkel's new book, Osman's Dream, explores the rise and calamitous fall of the Ottoman Empire.
Sep 7, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Lazare
George Bush’s Pledge to the People of New Orleans on the Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina George Bush’s Pledge to the People of New Orleans on the Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
The President gives us a lesson in drive-by personal diplomacy.
Sep 7, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin