Books and Ideas

Terkel Talks Terkel Talks

Studs diagnoses a national Alzheimer's disease.

May 16, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Cott

Discovery/The Nation ’05 Prizewinners Discovery/The Nation ’05 Prizewinners

Winners of the 2005 Discovery/The Nation Poetry Prize

May 12, 2005 / Books & the Arts / The Nation

The Family World System The Family World System

The family in the twentieth century.

May 12, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Perry Anderson

What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?

In 1865 22-year-old Henry James contributed a scathing book review titled "The Noble School of Fiction" to the very first issue of The Nation.

May 5, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Mark Hatch-Miller

Radio Invades Journalism Radio Invades Journalism

THANKS in part to the skill with which members of the American Newspaper Publishers' Association keep their right hands from knowing what their left hands do, the American peo...

May 5, 2005 / Feature / Isabelle Keating

Southern Man Southern Man

Strom Thurmond's black daughter tells her story.

May 4, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Darryl Lorenzo Wellington

In Our Orbit In Our Orbit

Victor Navasky's new memoir of opinion journalism.

May 4, 2005 / Books & the Arts / The Nation

Trainspotting Trainspotting

A misleading history of the Underground Railroad.

May 4, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Drew Faust

The Avenging Angel The Avenging Angel

For abolitionist John Brown, equality was not a theoretical stance but a daily practice.

May 4, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Martin Duberman

The Lincoln Museum and Springfield’s Shame The Lincoln Museum and Springfield’s Shame

Visiting the Lincoln Museum and exposing a dark chapter in the town's history.

Apr 29, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Adrian Brune

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