Culture

Readjustments: On ‘Win Win,’ ‘The Adjustment Bureau’ and ‘My Perestroika’ Readjustments: On ‘Win Win,’ ‘The Adjustment Bureau’ and ‘My Perestroika’

Is it a good thing that film—not the audiovisual materials that exist everywhere but movies, projected in public spaces— has stopped being central to American life?

Mar 30, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Donald Trump Demands That Obama Show His Birth Certificate Donald Trump Demands That Obama Show His Birth Certificate

All White House hopefuls we forewarn: You’ll have to prove that you were born. Before Trump hits the state of granite, He’ll have to tell us all the planet Upon which he was born and reared— Where loudmouths reign and hair is weird.

Mar 30, 2011 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Naoto Kan and the End of ‘Japan Inc.’

Naoto Kan and the End of ‘Japan Inc.’ Naoto Kan and the End of ‘Japan Inc.’

Criticism of the government’s response to the catastrophe has obscured major political changes.

Mar 30, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Tim Shorrock

Puzzle Contest: Solutions Puzzle Contest: Solutions

The solutions are available, to help you make your decision!

Mar 30, 2011 / The Nation

Sounds and Sweet Airs: Introducing Lyric Nation Sounds and Sweet Airs: Introducing Lyric Nation

A new audio dossier features poets who have been published in The Nation reading selections of their work.

Mar 28, 2011 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella

Three Poems by Nathaniel Mackey Three Poems by Nathaniel Mackey

"Parlay Cheval Ou," excerpt from "Lone Coast Anacrusis," "Song of the Andoumboulou: 77"

Mar 28, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Nathaniel Mackey

Three Poems by Jennifer Moxley Three Poems by Jennifer Moxley

"The Logic of Survival," "On the Face of It," "The Quest"

Mar 28, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Moxley

Five Poems by Peter Gizzi Five Poems by Peter Gizzi

"On What Became of Mathew Brady's Battle Photographs," "Lullaby," "Eclogues," "True Discourse on Power," "Oversong"

Mar 28, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Peter Gizzi

The Price of Art The Price of Art

Over 130 internationally renowned artists have boycotted the new Guggenheim Museum in the United Arab Emirates, in an attempt to pressure Abu Dhabi officials to protect basic right...

Mar 25, 2011 / Carmel DeAmicis

Elizabeth Taylor, Al Jazeera and the Raid on Entebbe

Elizabeth Taylor, Al Jazeera and the Raid on Entebbe Elizabeth Taylor, Al Jazeera and the Raid on Entebbe

How a Hollywood star offered herself in a hostage trade.

Mar 25, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener

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