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
Feeling Groovy… Feeling Groovy…
On Summerstage in Central Park and Alison Pace.
Jun 10, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
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
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