Madrigal Madrigal
People snap like asparagus stems. Oh no? She is flying along the base paths and the sun is nestled in her hat. She has the color of a stone roof which clearly enjoys it. If the year could do without spring, I’m guessing it would. The planet, mild analgesic, revolving around a similarly gaseous idea awash in consonants.
Oct 16, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Charles North
Uninvisible: On Dorothy B. Hughes Uninvisible: On Dorothy B. Hughes
In The Expendable Man, the story of an innocent under suspicion is given a racial twist.
Oct 16, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Charles Taylor
Breather Breather
(after Henri Michaux) How you work at it. Give it a rest Misfortune. Relax. Better let’s both take a breather. See what the other is all about. I destroy you. My theater my harbor and my hearth. A gold cave. O new horizon (and real mother) I let myself go in your vaster light and amplitude along with the horror.
Oct 16, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Charles North
On Feminism and Sadomasochistic Sex On Feminism and Sadomasochistic Sex
Katie Roiphe's Newsweek cover story ignores the fact that in every century and decade, sadomasochistic erotica has broken into the mainstream.
Apr 16, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Dana Goldstein
Scott Sherman: Is the Renovation of New York’s Public Library Modernization or Cultural Damage? Scott Sherman: Is the Renovation of New York’s Public Library Modernization or Cultural Damage?
Will the new president's mega-million-dollar makeover of the main library scare off scholars and leave the branches begging?
Dec 6, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Press Room
Support Child Literacy With Jennifer Egan and Goodreads Support Child Literacy With Jennifer Egan and Goodreads
There's rarely been as enjoyable and community-minded a way to help support children's literacy.
Jul 12, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Peter Rothberg
Out of the Mouths of Birds Out of the Mouths of Birds
Is there a human language without birdsong in it?
Mar 22, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko
Languaging Languaging
Can a second language provide us with a new self?
Jan 21, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko
Slide Show: A Secret Archive: Images From the Mexican Suitcase Slide Show: A Secret Archive: Images From the Mexican Suitcase
Jan 6, 2011 / Books & the Arts / The Nation
Slide Show: Fall Books 2010 Slide Show: Fall Books 2010
Nov 24, 2010 / Books & the Arts / The Nation