The Avenging Angel The Avenging Angel
For abolitionist John Brown, equality was not a theoretical stance but a daily practice.
May 4, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Martin Duberman
The Lincoln Museum and Springfield’s Shame The Lincoln Museum and Springfield’s Shame
Visiting the Lincoln Museum and exposing a dark chapter in the town's history.
Apr 29, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Adrian Brune
Love’s Body Love’s Body
Kazuo Ishiguro is a writer renowned for his capacity to create beautifully controlled surfaces and to beautifully evoke the roiling emotions beneath them.
Apr 28, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Claire Messud
Compromising Positions Compromising Positions
Your movie reviewer has been reading Colin MacCabe's excellent book on Jean-Luc Godard and pondering its discussion of France after World War II.
Apr 28, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Crouching Tiger Crouching Tiger
Being Stanley Crouch is about as bruising a vocation as there is in what passes for--or remains of--polite literary society.
Apr 28, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Gene Seymour
The Other 1905 Revolution The Other 1905 Revolution
Albert Einstein's banner year.
Apr 28, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Foer
Al Gore Gets Down Al Gore Gets Down
Al Gore's Current TV debuts today. But will his new network transform the media?
Apr 28, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Ari Berman
Pete Seeger: Ain’t No One Like Him Pete Seeger: Ain’t No One Like Him
As part of a nationwide festival of tributes to Pete Seeger in 2005, Studs Terkel offered this essay on the life and times of an American balladeer.
Apr 28, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Studs Terkel
Bellow’s Lonely Planet Bellow’s Lonely Planet
The world Saul Bellow made.
Apr 21, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Lee Siegel
Patrimony Patrimony
Kevin Young updates the Harlem Renaissance for the hip-hop generation.
Apr 21, 2005 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella