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Paul Hoover
Shelf Life (Books & Arts, Shelf Life, Poetry, Books and the Arts)

Paul Hoover’s second edition of Postmodern American Poetry: A Norton Anthology.

Ange Mlinko
Man In The Middle
Man in the Middle: On Philip Glass (Arts and Entertainment, Music, Theater, Books and the Arts)

Philip Glass’s new opera, The Perfect American, is a mix of bluster and inspiration.

Jonathan Blitzer
Kerry Washington
On the Politics of 'Scandal' (Gender and Sexuality, Television, Politics)

ABC’s hit show, created by Shonda Rhimes and starring Kerry Washington, is a truly original political soap opera.

Ken Tucker
One Issue That Seems to Be Getting Bipartisan Support in the Senate (Humor)
Calvin Trillin
Photos of movement, leaders, Ti-Grace Atkinson, Betty Friedan, Marlene Dixon
Unreal Choices: On The Feminine Mystique (Feminism, Books & Arts, Gender Issues, Books and Ideas, Cultural Criticism and Analysis, Non-fiction)

For Betty Friedan, feminism was humanism: a question of growth, maturation and identity.

Julia M. Klein
Neighborhood (Books & Arts, Poetry)
Judith Harris
Photo of George Saunders
The Strange Arcane: On George Saunders (Class, Books & Arts, Books and Ideas, Fiction, Humor, Literature)

In the short stories of Tenth of December, the impression of chaos belies a careful design.

Aaron Thier
Picture of a copy of G.L. Bernini’s Louis XIV Equestrian
Shelf Life (Books & Arts, Biography, Fine Art, Shelf Life, Books and the Arts)
Barry Schwabsky
The Quarrels of Others: On Anti-Semitism (Books & Arts, Religion, History, Non-fiction)

With Anti-Judaism, David Nirenberg has recast the debate about the origins and nature of anti-Semitism in Western thought.

R.I. Moore
Kim Jong-un, Dictator of North Korea and BFF of Dennis Rodman, Threatens to Use Nuclear Weapons Against the United States (Humor)
Calvin Trillin

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
The Minutemen and the Mainstream Media
Rick Perlstein

A new book argues that the media failed to grasp the frightening extremism of the anti-immigrant border patrols of a few years ago—and wraps it in a thrilling true-crime tale.

April 3, 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
The Dark Side of Democracy
Eric Alterman

The lead-up to the Iraq War ten years ago shows us how the media today falsely correlates importance and exclusivity.

March 14, 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