ER to HRC–Come in, Dear! ER to HRC–Come in, Dear!
Hillary Dear,
Sep 2, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Elsa Dixler
Kilroy Was There Kilroy Was There
In the summer of 1941, Adolf Hitler's apparently invincible Wehrmacht was grinding hundreds of miles into the Soviet Union, spreading mayhem all the way.
Sep 2, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Tom Wicker
Harnessing the Rising Sun Harnessing the Rising Sun
Americans aren't much for history these days. History is for Europeans--for Germans, with their thickets of theory, and the French, who are forever going on about their revolutio...
Sep 2, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Patrick Smith
Living La Vida ‘Loca’ Living La Vida ‘Loca’
Few Latino writers have challenged homophobia and machismo as fiercely as Jaime Manrique.
Aug 19, 1999 / Books & the Arts / George De Stefano
Saving History From the Shredder Saving History From the Shredder
They call him "the world's most famous bank guard": Christoph Meili, the former night watchman at the Union Bank of Switzerland in Zurich who in 1997 rescued from the shredder do...
Aug 19, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
Reality Check–Virtual, of Course Reality Check–Virtual, of Course
A perplexing disconnect from reality haunts the American financial community.
Aug 19, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Larry Hedrick
Have We Reason to Believe? Have We Reason to Believe?
Scratch a philosopher, find a reductionist revolutionary.
Aug 5, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Carlin Romano
Ex-Prom Queen Goes Home Ex-Prom Queen Goes Home
Thomas Wolfe wrote that you can't go home again. Alix Kates Shulman disagrees.
Jul 22, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Beverly Gologorsky
Old Masters Old Masters
For contemporary reactions from Nation critics to the films of Stanley Kubrick, follow these links: Lolita (1962), Dr. Strangelove (1964), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), The Shining...
Jul 22, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans