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Superfund (Poems, Books and the Arts)
Brian Blanchfield
Paul Taylor
A Form of Order: On Paul Taylor (Dance, Books and the Arts)

Paul Taylor Dance Company has sustained a signature style, and without having left modern dance behind.

Marina Harss
A scene from David France’s How to Survive a Plague
The Plague Years (Film, Books and the Arts)

David France’s How to Survive a Plague, Heidi Ewing and Rache Grady’s Detropia, Nicholas Jarecki’s Arbitrage.

Stuart Klawans
Syria (Poems, Books and the Arts)
Lawrence Joseph
Untitled (1978), by Joe Brainard
Shelf Life (Autobiography and Memoir, Shelf Life, Books and the Arts)

The Collected Writings of Joe Brainard.

Barry Schwabsky
Ai Weiwei and the Art of Protest
Ai Weiwei and the Art of Protest (Activism, Internet and New Media, Fine Art, World)

The courageous Chinese dissident has always had an eye for the point where art and politics meet in performance.

Danielle Allen
Holiday (Poems, Books and the Arts)
Rae Armantrout
W.G. Sebald
Shelf Life (Shelf Life, Books and the Arts)

W.G. Sebald’s Across the Land and the Water: Selected Poems, 1964–2001; Saturn's Moons; Grant Gee’s Patience (After Sebald).

Peter C. Baker
Stoning the Refrigerator (1996), by Jimmie Durham
The Stone Dies Away Also: On Jimmie Durham (Fine Art, Books and the Arts)

Does a sculptor destroy things or merely change them?

Barry Schwabsky
Tiny Gold Dress (Poems, Books and the Arts)
John Godfrey

Blogs

The Bush Presidency, Undead
Eric Alterman

With the opening of George W's presidential library, pundits are rushing to whitewash the memory of those years of folly.

April 26, 2013
'Cape Fear,' and Our Fear
Rick Perlstein

In the wake of 9/11 and Boston, is it even possible to imagine a movie that makes civil liberties an integral part of its dramatic arc?

April 23, 2013
Chrissy Amphlett's Pleasure Anthem
Chloe Angyal

In 2013, a song like “I Touch Myself” is less shocking than it once was. But it is still revolutionary.

April 22, 2013
Give Me the Bad News First
Eric Alterman

Press coverage is hasty, error-prone and frequently depressing—but it nonetheless plays a vital role in our society.

April 18, 2013
Whose Side Is ‘The Walking Dead’ On?
Leslie Savan

Cable TV’s top hit is used to justify every political point of view—right or left, pro-NRA or pro-gun control, even pro-sequester or pro-stimulus.

April 5, 2013
Alex Gibney Interview on Early Media Controversy Over His WikiLeaks Film
Greg Mitchell

Julian Assange himself has criticized the film, but the director says Assange should watch it first.

April 3, 2013
30 Seconds Over Toledo: How Political Ads Spell Trouble for TV News and Democracy
Eric Alterman

In the wake of Citizens United, big campaign donors are buying off not only politicians, but also the local news networks that cover them.

March 21, 2013
When a Media Campaign Helped Topple Pinochet: The New Film 'No' Provokes Debate
Greg Mitchell

The Chilean Oscar nominee for best foreign language film has just been released in the US.

March 14, 2013
Ten Years Ago Today a Dixie Chick Dared to Hit Bush on War—and a Hate Campaign Began
Greg Mitchell

The group's career suffered over Natalie Maines' comment against invading Iraq.

March 10, 2013
Michael Moore Battles Buzzfeed Over Palestinian Director's Airport Incident
Greg Mitchell

The filmmaker called out the website for its suggestion that the Palestinian director’s detention was a “publicity stunt.“

February 26, 2013