Culture

The First Lady of Song The First Lady of Song

Billie Holiday wasn't just adored by her fans but by her friends and colleagues as well.

Jun 9, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Robert Christgau

Adult Content Adult Content

Reviews of Madagascar, Howl's Moving Castle and several other new films.

Jun 2, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Beware the Holy War Beware the Holy War

An analysis of the BBC's documentary on Al Qaeda and Islamic terrorism.

Jun 2, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Peter Bergen

Spectacle Spectacle

The progressive and regressive politics of Star Wars.

Jun 2, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Richard Goldstein

Collective Memory and the Holocaust Collective Memory and the Holocaust

An interview with Peter Eisenman, architect of Berlin's new Holocaust memorial.

May 31, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Ross Benjamin

Invisible Republic Invisible Republic

Siddhartha Deb's second novel follows an Indian journalist on an elusive search for meaning.

May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Shashi Tharoor

Hail Mary Hail Mary

A new biography of one of the Enlightment's most remarkable thinkers.

May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick

Look at Me Look at Me

Camile Paglia, pundit of poetry.

May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Lee Siegel

Kindred Spirits Kindred Spirits

Michael Cunningham delivers a historical/noir/sci-fi novel haunted by 9/11 and Walt Whitman.

May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Maria Margaronis

Revolutionary Suicide Revolutionary Suicide

Eritrea betrayed.

May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Rice

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