More Bitter Fruit More Bitter Fruit
Six years ago, in 1996, the government of Guatemala and the guerrilla groups it had fought bitterly for thirty-six years signed an ambitious set of peace accords.
Oct 24, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Peter Canby
Schröder’s Kulturkampf Schröder’s Kulturkampf
Coming as it did in the final weeks of a precarious re-election campaign, incumbent German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's resolute "No" to German participation in any US-le...
Oct 24, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Hugh Eakin
Love, Sandler Style Love, Sandler Style
Although I'm mad for Paul Thomas Anderson's new picture, Punch-Drunk Love, I also suspect it's made me a little crazy.
Oct 24, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Mr. Feiffer Regrets Mr. Feiffer Regrets
Cartoonist Jules Feiffer dropped a pinpoint protest on First Lady Laura Bush's National Book Festival on October 12 in Washington.
Oct 24, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jules Feiffer
What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
“It’s hard to imagine a more boring book” than Robinson Crusoe, declares Gilles Deleuze, “it’s sad to see children still reading it.
Oct 18, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Sandy McCroskey
Jerusalem Calling Jerusalem Calling
On his new album, country-rocker Steve Earle lets politics infuse his music.
Oct 17, 2002 / Books & the Arts / David Corn
Did the CIA Blow the Call? Did the CIA Blow the Call?
Shortly after Ronald Reagan became President of the United States, the nation's capital got a second morning newspaper. Eventually, Dr. Ronald Goodwin, formerly the Rev.
Oct 17, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Dusko Doder
Fire at Will Fire at Will
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Oct 17, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
Prairie Home Companion Prairie Home Companion
When the University of Nebraska Press sent my review copy of the Selected Short Stories of Weldon Kees with a note asking that I please accept the book with the compliments of ...
Oct 17, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Kathy Rooney
The Culture Blockade The Culture Blockade
The Bush Administration seems to be gunning to make history as the first great unilateralist government of the twenty-first century.
Oct 17, 2002 / Books & the Arts / James Ledbetter