Culture

Ardor and the Abyss

Ardor and the Abyss Ardor and the Abyss

Emily Dickinson's reclusiveness was a way of protecting the world from herself.

Jun 16, 2010 / Books & the Arts / James Longenbach

Shelf Life Shelf Life

Gabriel García Márquez's Clandestine in Chile; Jaron Lanier's You Are Not a Gadget; Roger Lowenstein's The End of Wall Street

Jun 16, 2010 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella

The Obama Presidency: Possibility or Peril? The Obama Presidency: Possibility or Peril?

A progressive moment was supposed to follow Obama's election. Robert Kuttner's A Presidency in Peril asks where it went.

Jun 14, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ari Berman

Obama’s Temper Obama’s Temper

In praise of losing it.

Jun 10, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Feeling Groovy… Feeling Groovy…

On Summerstage in Central Park and Alison Pace. 

Jun 10, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman

Undefined

Undefined Undefined

Anthony Julius's Trials of the Diaspora and the myth of the new anti-Semitism.

Jun 9, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Antony Lerman

Anti- Anti-

In The Ask, Sam Lipsyte never ventures beyond the comfort zone of his eloquently damaged protagonist.

Jun 9, 2010 / Books & the Arts / J.M. Tyree

Robot Rock Robot Rock

Video may have killed the radio star, but the vocoder liberates her voice.

Jun 9, 2010 / Books & the Arts / J. Gabriel Boylan

The Death and Life of the Book Review

The Death and Life of the Book Review The Death and Life of the Book Review

Newspaper books sections have been ailing for decades, but there's no better time than now for writing about books.

Jun 3, 2010 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella

Miracles Miracles

 

Jun 3, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Brenda Shaughnessy

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