Fear Eats the Soul Fear Eats the Soul
Baghdad has fallen. The city has been taken by the troops who were bringing it freedom.
Apr 24, 2003 / Books & the Arts / John Berger
What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
"The Moviegoer," by Walker Percy
Apr 18, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Christopher Swetala
Reel Men Reel Men
The film begins with a federal marshal intoning "This is a very difficult time for our country" and ends with the singing of the national anthem, performed before Rudy Giuliani...
Apr 17, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Class Struggle Class Struggle
In a nation that nominally eschews class distinctions as unbefitting our supposed classlessness, whose elected officials decry any protest over government largesse to the rich ...
Apr 17, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Peter Sacks
The Anatomy Lesson The Anatomy Lesson
Matthew Barney's Cremaster cycle
Apr 17, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Letter from Ground Zero Letter from Ground Zero
In the past 200 years, all of the earth's great territorial empires, whether dynastic or colonial, or both, have been destroyed. The list includes the Russian empire of the cza...
Apr 17, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Schell
Clash of Visualizations Clash of Visualizations
Consider this hypothetical situation.
Apr 10, 2003 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba
The New Globetrotters The New Globetrotters
Globalization: Use this word in a sentence, especially as the cause of something bad, and you will get knowing nods all around.
Apr 10, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Susan J. Douglas
Among the Gilded Paupers Among the Gilded Paupers
The quest for El Dorado, the mythic city of gold, is at the heart of the tumultuous history of the Americas.
Apr 10, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Anderson Tepper
The Little Mermaid’s Fortune-Teller The Little Mermaid’s Fortune-Teller
Refracted through your tide-washed hours, this prince drifts through algid brine, kelp-wound: his ship has foundered in your sky. For his sake you discover land, build
Apr 10, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Reginald Shepherd