Boogaloo Nights Boogaloo Nights
A new generation rediscovers the freewheeling rhythms of the Nuyorican bugalú.
Jan 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Oliver Wang
A Hard Man A Hard Man
Paul Thomas Anderson's masterful There Will Be Blood pits an oil baron against a preacher in an epic contest of wills.
Jan 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Battle Pieces Battle Pieces
In This Republic of Suffering, historian Drew Gilpin Faust strips from the Civil War any purpose beyond massive slaughter.
Jan 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
United We Scam United We Scam
Two new books profile the generation of counterfeiters and con men who sprouted up in Jacksonian-era America.
Jan 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Steve Fraser
Christianizing US History Christianizing US History
With House Resolution 888, the religious right seeks to rewrite American history, turning the founding fathers from deists to Christian fundamentalists.
Jan 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Chris Hedges
The Defiant Ones The Defiant Ones
Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis are two inmates in a Southern prison who learn to unshackle themselves from hatred.
Jan 9, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
A Lame Duck President During the Presidential Primaries A Lame Duck President During the Presidential Primaries
Whatever happened to what's-his-name?
Jan 9, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Jinnah’s New Republic Jinnah’s New Republic
Seldom has a state been created under such contradictory pressures or with such a load of full-grown problems.
Jan 9, 2008 / Feature / Andrew Roth
The Dot Matrix The Dot Matrix
In I'jaam: An Iraqi Rhapsody, novelist Sinan Antoon explores themes of love, loss, identity and resistance in the face of political oppression.
Jan 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Laila Lalami
Fly Papers Fly Papers
An English translation of Lydie Salvayre's The Power of Flies demonstrates how this novelist and practicing psychiatrist has earned more nervous respect than love in France.
Jan 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Lorna Scott Fox