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Autobiography and MemoirMarch 22, 2007
Goodbye, Baltimore
In a kinetic and searching memoir, Ace of Spades, David Matthews confronts the identity questions that bedeviled him growing up biracial.
Kate Levin
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FictionSeptember 14, 2006
The Lives They Led
Claire Messud’s The Emperor’s Children is a superb comedy of manners, a richly tragicomic view of three thirtysomething Ivy Leaguers in the days leading up to 9/11.
Kate Levin
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FictionNovember 17, 2005
All About My Mother
The Caribbean island of Vieques is a fitting setting for Captain of the Sleepers, Cuban novelist Mayra Montero’s engrossing story premised on violations of the dead.
Kate Levin
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CongressOctober 20, 2005
Asbestos Liability Scam
The Senate will soon consider the Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act (FAIR) that is anything but for the workers whose health has been impaired by asbestos. It’s a move by major corporations to significantly reduce their liability.
William Johnson and Kate Levin
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FictionJune 2, 2004
What Are They Reading?
“If Bush gets re-elected, I’m moving to Canada!” Most of us who’ve vowed this, at one time or another, won’t actually make good on our word.
Kate Levin
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FictionMarch 11, 2004
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Regions and CountriesDecember 22, 2003
Vieques Aftermath
Will the US Navy break with its long history of environmental negligence?
Kate Levin