Culture

A Short Summary of What Karl Rove Now Says About the Origins of the War A Short Summary of What Karl Rove Now Says About the Origins of the War

War? What war?

Dec 5, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

TransAfrica’s Tribute to Ruby Dee TransAfrica’s Tribute to Ruby Dee

"She is our elder and our sister and our daughter. We celebrate her as we celebrate the moon: our guide through the dark, dark night."

Dec 5, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Walter Mosley

Dreamlife Without Angels Dreamlife Without Angels

John Ashbery has given us the ideal poetry for the Information Age.

Nov 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko

Orwelled Orwelled

A recent collection of essays brings George Orwell into the new millennium.

Nov 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker

Dark Rooms Dark Rooms

Susie Linfield | The photographers who documented the Spanish Civil War captured the heart of battle in ways that now seem iconic but were then radically new.

Nov 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Susie Linfield

Bare-Bones Huckabee Creeps Up on Free-Spending Romney in Iowa, While Humming ‘O Tannenbaum’ Bare-Bones Huckabee Creeps Up on Free-Spending Romney in Iowa, While Humming ‘O Tannenbaum’

Great hair and lots of money can't get you everything.

Nov 29, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Taxaholics Anonymous Taxaholics Anonymous

My name is Annabelle, and I love paying taxes.

Nov 28, 2007 / Annabelle Gurwitch

Pointe Work Pointe Work

Nureyev: The Life brings new focus to an iconic figure of modern ballet.

Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Marina Harss

Many Exits Many Exits

Philip Roth's Exit Ghost considers whether we're astonished by death or the life that precedes it.

Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Matt Weiland

The Nijinsky of Ambivalence The Nijinsky of Ambivalence

During a Vietnam War protest, Norman Mailer blustered and banged a generation's experience through his prodigious ego.

Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Morris Dickstein

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