Ayn Rand: I Am the Greatest Ayn Rand: I Am the Greatest
Nation writer Corey Robin discusses Ayn Rand's kitsch philosophy.
Jun 1, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Press Room
Ayn Rand: I Am the Greatest Ayn Rand: I Am the Greatest
Nation writer Corey Robin discusses Ayn Rand's kitsch philosophy.
Jun 1, 2010 / Books & the Arts / GRITtv
The Response to the Primary Victory of Rand Paul The Response to the Primary Victory of Rand Paul
Party pooper.
May 27, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Prolixities Docked Prolixities Docked
Revisiting an enduring guide to battered ornaments, elegant variations and Gr8 Db8s.
May 27, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko
Movement and Rootedness Movement and Rootedness
Ira Berlin and Steven Hahn want to counter the ways that the integrationist story of the American past casts aside alternative understandings of black history.
May 26, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Nicholas Guyatt
In With Both Feet In With Both Feet
Like Charles Dickens's Gradgrind, Justice Louis Brandeis wanted facts.
May 26, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Michael O’Donnell
Icons and Zombies Icons and Zombies
Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless, George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead.
May 26, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
The Corrupt Charmer on Screen The Corrupt Charmer on Screen
Alex Gibney's new film Casino Jack tells the complete story of Jack Abramoff—and his victims.
May 21, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Eagan
Back Talk: Susan Bernofsky Back Talk: Susan Bernofsky
A conversation with the translator of Robert Walser's Microscripts about Walser's writing rituals, his Chinese box sentences and the beauty of Zusammenhaengen.
May 20, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood
Eyes Wide Open Eyes Wide Open
For Herta Müller, writing is not a matter of trusting, but rather of the honesty of the deceit.
May 20, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Lorna Scott Fox