Peter C. Baker

Peter C. Baker is a writer in DeKalb, Illinois.

Shelf Life

Shelf Life Shelf Life

W.G. Sebald’s Across the Land and the Water: Selected Poems, 1964–2001; Saturn's Moons; Grant Gee’s Patience (After Sebald).

Aug 22, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker

For Real: Torture America Style

For Real: Torture America Style For Real: Torture America Style

Institutionalized torture says not look what we can do, but look what we disown, what only the bad apples among us require.

Jul 24, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker

Baseness: On Guantánamo Baseness: On Guantánamo

Gitmo in the present millennium is no departure at all from the American tradition in Guantánamo Bay.

Nov 30, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker

The High Wire The High Wire

In the stories of Deborah Eisenberg, life keeps piling up, unsolved and unsolvable.

Jul 28, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker

Letters Letters

The Gipper Killed It Seattle

Jun 11, 2008 / Our Readers and Peter C. Baker

Boxed In Boxed In

Electoral reform in the United States will require federal intervention to empower voters and overcome the challenges posed by state and local autonomy.

May 15, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker

Orwelled Orwelled

A recent collection of essays brings George Orwell into the new millennium.

Nov 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker

President Rudy’s War Council President Rudy’s War Council

Norman Podhoretz and Daniel Pipes consider how the newly elected President should proceed in the world arena. The first act of a five-act play.

Nov 21, 2007 / Peter C. Baker

What’s Radiohead Worth? What’s Radiohead Worth?

The British rockers stick a fork in the recording industry by offering downloads of a new album for whatever fans want to pay. Oh, the anguish.

Oct 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker

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