Books and Ideas

Pop and Circumstance Pop and Circumstance

You may recall the to-do occasioned two winters past by a certain shift in the mise-en-scène at the United Nations.

Nov 24, 2004 / Books & the Arts / J. Hoberman

An Appetite for Liebling An Appetite for Liebling

If we had four or five Abbott Joseph Lieblings in Iraq and Washington, it might be a different war, one in which those hugely amiable, observant and amusable souls could bring us...

Nov 24, 2004 / Books & the Arts / David Thomson

Prisoner of Love Prisoner of Love

I was introduced to Bernard-Henri Lévy this spring at a stop on his latest book tour. It was a few minutes before he was due to face the audience.

Nov 18, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Robbins

Suspension of Disbelief Suspension of Disbelief

Ask Americans to enumerate their civil liberties and they instinctively turn to freedom of speech and the press.

Nov 18, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner

2004 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize 2004 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize

The tasks of poetry have never been more important or more difficult than they are now.

Nov 11, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Brenda Hillman

Masters of Their Universe Masters of Their Universe

Beginning in the fifteenth century, Africa, Europe and the Americas came together in the Atlantic to create new economies, new cultures and new societies.

Nov 11, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Ira Berlin

After the Fall After the Fall

This article, from the November, 17 1984, issue of The Nation, is a special selection from The Nation Digital Archive. If you want to read everything The Nation has ever published ...

Nov 10, 2004 / The Editors

With Friends Like These With Friends Like These

Unlike communism and socialism, trade unionism has rarely inspired published "second thoughts" by embittered apostates.

Nov 4, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Steve Early

The Counter-Life The Counter-Life

Philip Roth is a miracle of modern medicine.

Nov 4, 2004 / Books & the Arts / James Wolcott

The Gods Must Be Crazy The Gods Must Be Crazy

"Our government makes no sense unless it is founded on a deeply felt religious faith--and I don't care what it is." Thus spoke the noted theologian Dwight Eisenhower on Flag Day ...

Oct 28, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Lazare

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