The Maximalist: On Vasily Grossman The Maximalist: On Vasily Grossman
Vasily Grossman's Everything Flows is a searching and humane investigation of the totalitarian condition.
Dec 2, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Jochen Hellbeck
‘History is the soft medium…’ ‘History is the soft medium…’
Dec 2, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Kunin
Worlds of Wonder Worlds of Wonder
The King's Speech, The Illusionist, Black Swan
Dec 2, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Slide Show: Fall Books 2010 Slide Show: Fall Books 2010
Nov 24, 2010 / Books & the Arts / The Nation
Risk the Game: On William James Risk the Game: On William James
For William James, all our certitudes depend on the pretense that there are no radical mysteries underlying them.
Nov 23, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Marilynne Robinson
Suitors: On Julia Holmes Suitors: On Julia Holmes
Julia Holmes's Meeks is a novel full of a jittery sadness and an uncontrollable kind of joy.
Nov 23, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier
The Whole Human Mess: On Saul Bellow The Whole Human Mess: On Saul Bellow
Drollery, mordancy, tenderness and soul talk: Saul Bellow's letters are a Saul Bellow novel!
Nov 23, 2010 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz
The Dirty Halo: On Sarah Bernhardt The Dirty Halo: On Sarah Bernhardt
Robert Gottlieb's vigorous biography of Sarah Bernhardt shows the actress in all her workaholic, passionate and unsentimental force.
Nov 23, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Jana Prikryl
[3 fragments of Mimnermos] [3 fragments of Mimnermos]
Translated from the Greek by Anne Carson
Nov 23, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Anne Carson
The Thin Artifact: On Photography and Suffering The Thin Artifact: On Photography and Suffering
Susie Linfield's The Cruel Radiance is a demanding and flawed attempt to regard the pain of others through photographs.
Nov 23, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Frances Richard