A Great Deal of Work A Great Deal of Work
Edmund Wilson's politics have long been criticized, but his views were more nuanced than you might think.
Jan 16, 2008 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba
Western Promises Western Promises
From the archive: A book by a former ICTY official offers a vivid insider's account of realpolitik at the Milosevic trial.
Dec 20, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Marc Perelman
The Secret Library of Hope The Secret Library of Hope
Twelve authors on war and peace, dissent, the environment and the empowerment of the poor provide inspiration to transform the world in 2008.
Dec 17, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Rebecca Solnit
Lippmann and the News Lippmann and the News
In the early 1900s Walter Lippman laid the groundrules for public debate in America. Have the US media followed his prescriptions?
Dec 13, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Michael Schudson
Orwelled Orwelled
A recent collection of essays brings George Orwell into the new millennium.
Nov 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker
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
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
A Colder War A Colder War
Richard Rhodes's Arsenals of Folly, sequel to the book that defined the atomic age, captures the political struggle that brought it to an end.
Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Schell
Underworlds Underworlds
Gangsters have guns and muscle, but a good writer always gets the last word.
Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Henry Farrell
Studs’s People Studs’s People
For Studs Terkel, the touchstone is memory and speech the stuff of which his art is made.
Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Harry Maurer