The Last Mogul The Last Mogul
Lew Wasserman, who died last summer at 89, was not only the most powerful and influential man in Hollywood over the past half-century but also the most enigmatic.
Jun 12, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Thomas Schatz
Hell’s Angel Hell’s Angel
Romeo Dallaire has the name of a silent-movie star and a face to match: clear eyes, ample mustache, chin of cleft granite.
Jun 5, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Wrestling With Augie March Wrestling With Augie March
Editor's Note: With Leonard Kriegel's meditation on Saul Bellow's 1953 novel The Adventures of Augie March, we introduce a series of occasional essays revisiting classic works of l...
Jun 5, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Leonard Kriegel
The Believer The Believer
A reader knowing nothing of the 1990s might well come away from Sidney Blumenthal's lengthy account of The Clinton Wars with the impression that for eight years, Bill and Hilla...
Jun 5, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Tom Wicker
Southern Man Southern Man
In 1900 Maurice Denis painted a large canvas titled Hommage à Cézanne, which shows the esteemed master next to one of his paintings and surrounded by a crowd of a...
May 29, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
A Chef in Love A Chef in Love
As the bombs cease falling on Baghdad, and the world argues over an American presence in Iraq, the publication of Diana Abu-Jaber's funny, thoughtful second novel, Crescent, se...
May 29, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Charlotte Innes
The Unrepentant Modernist The Unrepentant Modernist
Near the end of Parallels and Paradoxes, a recent collection of dialogues on music and society between the conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim, music director of the Chicago...
May 29, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Russell Platt
Briefly Noted Briefly Noted
THE QUALITY OF LIFE REPORT: A Novel. By Meghan Daum. Viking. 309 pp. $24.95.
May 29, 2003 / Books & the Arts / The Nation
The Holy Land The Holy Land
During the harsh New York City winter of 1909-10, 20,000 garment workers marched and picketed to win recognition of their union.
May 29, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Michael Kazin
When Poetry Was the Rage When Poetry Was the Rage
"That was a benefit shooting." So said a shaken Kenneth Koch to a stunned audience seconds after a tall, scraggly man fired a pistol at him on January 10, 1968.
May 29, 2003 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella