Akiva Gottlieb

Akiva Gottlieb is a writer living in New York City. His work also appears in the Los Angeles Times and Abu Dhabi's the National.

Currently

  • Across the Great Divide

    November 18, 2009

    Against the background of the surge, David Finkel twists the concept of wartime good into a cosmic joke.

  • Pattern Recognition

    August 26, 2009 Subscribe

    A new volume of essays shows Hollis Frampton leaving behind photography for film.

  • Last Man Standing

    May 13, 2009

    A callous vigilante and sentimental old fogy, Clint Eastwood has become indivisible from his myth.

  • Schlepics

    January 28, 2009

    Angel Wagenstein and the evolution of modern Jewish storytelling.

2008

  • Krapp's Last Horse

    October 7, 2008

    With his new play Kicking a Dead Horse, Sam Shepard is still stranded in a prairie of tough-guy cliché.

2007

  • Political Punk: Rage Against the Band

    September 28, 2007

    Now with a major label, political punk rockers Against Me! have released what may be the year's best album. But have they sold out?

  • The Making of No End in Sight

    July 27, 2007

    Charles Ferguson answers questions about his gripping new documentary that takes aim at those who took us to war in Iraq.

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Blogs

» The Notion

Palin as the Church Lady | Going Rogue book tour brings passive-aggressive rightwing Christianity to the fore.
Leslie Savan
42 Comments

» Altercation

Slacker Friday | The "Second Amendment" sale; the raving paranoids of the right.
Eric Alterman

» Editor's Cut

An Alternative to Escalation in Afghanistan | President Obama is expected to make a decision regarding his Afghanistan strategy after Thanksgiving.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
53 Comments

» The Beat

House Rebels Force Fed Audit, Real Economy Onto Agenda | Frank's Financial Services Committee becomes focal point for revolts by members who worry about powerful banks and unemployment.
John Nichols
27 Comments

» The Dreyfuss Report

Chongqing: Socialism in One City | China is managing the most important event in the world: the urbanization of half a billion people. Fast.
Robert Dreyfuss
204 Comments

» Act Now!

Toward Copenhagen | A guide to joining the movement against climate change.
Peter Rothberg
59 Comments