Non-fiction

Sweet Martin’s Badass Song Sweet Martin’s Badass Song

Several new books on Martin Luther King takes a closer look at the rhetoric and economic politics of the civil rights icon.

May 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Scott Saul

A Deeper Black A Deeper Black

Shelby Steele's book on Barack Obama, an outdated critique of identity politics, misses the candidate's essential power.

May 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Ta-Nehisi Coates

Lost Causes Not Yet Found Lost Causes Not Yet Found

In Defying Dixie, Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore seeks to reclaim the radical origins of the modern civil rights struggle.

Apr 24, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Kevin M. Kruse

Hearts and Minds Hearts and Minds

Is there more to racism in America than intolerance and immorality? Four books shed light.

Apr 24, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Thomas J. Sugrue

Arms and the Right Arms and the Right

Two books dissect the contentious, confusing debate over gun control and the frequently misinterpreted Second Amendment.

Apr 17, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Lazare

The Experts Speak on Iraq The Experts Speak on Iraq

To mark the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War, some daily inspiration from the experts who led us there.

Mar 17, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Victor Navasky and Christopher Cerf

Windows Into the Night Windows Into the Night

The collected nonfiction of Roberto Bolaño is a treasure trove filled with straw and dust, jewels and gold.

Mar 13, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Marcela Valdes

Truth and Consequences Truth and Consequences

Who's more to blame in the Love and Consequences hoax: the faux ghetto girl or the credulous book editors and reviewers who so eagerly snapped up her story?

Mar 6, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Amy Alexander

Shadowplays Shadowplays

In a pair of groundbreaking books, Israeli historian Hillel Cohen explores the thorny issue of Palestinian collaboration with Zionists.

Mar 6, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Neve Gordon

Two Angry Men Two Angry Men

Beyond the sensationalism and the sound bites, the Duke rape case reveals the perils of unchecked prosecutorial power.

Mar 4, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Perkinson

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