The Short of It

The Aesthetic Is the Personal The Aesthetic Is the Personal

The Louise Bourgeois retrospective at the Guggenheim.

Jul 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

It’s About Freedom It’s About Freedom

Philip Guston at the Morgan Library.

Jun 17, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Nick Stillman

Strange Alchemy Strange Alchemy

In A Conservative History of the American Left, Daniel Flynn can't decide whether to ridicule the left or fear it.

Jun 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Michael Kazin

Taz Year Thirty Taz Year Thirty

Germany's leading left daily wins the fight to name a street after a leader of the 1968 student movement.

May 19, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Paul Hockenos

Looking Past Clichés Looking Past Clichés

The Visitor is that rare film that defines Arabs not as ethnic or religious stereotypes but as individuals.

May 6, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Laila Lalami

The Light Stuff The Light Stuff

The Kindle e-reader lightens your load, but can you curl up with it in bed?

Apr 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Melanie Rehak

Loss Lieder Loss Lieder

It's National Poetry Month, and that means cooked meat.

Apr 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko

Victim ‘Hood Victim ‘Hood

An account of the most recent installment in the nation's sick love affair with literary exhibitionists.

Mar 25, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Chris Lehmann

Professing Literature in 2008 Professing Literature in 2008

Why is the intellectual agenda of English departments being set by teenagers?

Mar 11, 2008 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz

Tom Stoppard’s Schlock ‘n’ Roll Tom Stoppard’s Schlock ‘n’ Roll

When will we stop living in the '60s?

Feb 26, 2008 / Books & the Arts / J. Gabriel Boylan

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