Books & the Arts

Home for the Holidays Home for the Holidays

Director Wes Anderson's 'The Royal Tenenbaums' is full of bittersweet whimsy.

Dec 20, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Ms. Heads West Ms. Heads West

What's next for Ms. magazine now that it's hit the ripe age of 30 and is now heading west?

Dec 20, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Lauren Sandler

Trafficking in Verse Trafficking in Verse

Immigrants and traffickers are the subjects of a certain style of Mexican music.

Dec 20, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Ilan Stavans

Not Just Village People Not Just Village People

Once confined to the closet, gays are now making headway in mainstream society.

Dec 13, 2001 / Books & the Arts / George De Stefano

The Eurocrush on Books The Eurocrush on Books

Mergers and the Internet are changing the publishing industry. What lies ahead?

Dec 13, 2001 / Books & the Arts / André Schiffrin

A Poet Duly Noted A Poet Duly Noted

The 'Collected Poems' is an extraordinary book, says reviewer Ian Tromp.

Dec 13, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Ian Tromp

Gorbachev’s Revolution Gorbachev’s Revolution

Gorbachev represented a unique change in Soviet statesmanship; two books examine him and the end of the Cold War.

Dec 13, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Walter C. Uhler

Static Electricity Static Electricity

Stuart Klwans reviews two films: In the Bedroom, by Todd Field, and The Man Who Wasn't There, by the Coen brothers.

Dec 7, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Community Values Community Values

Allison Xantha Miller reviews The Rise and Fall of Synanon: A California Utopia, by Rod Janzen, and Shoes Outside the Door: Desire, Devotion and Excess at San Francisco Zen Center,...

Dec 7, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Allison Xantha Miller

Holocaust Imponderables Holocaust Imponderables

Paul Reitter reviews Essays on Hitler's Europe, by István Deák.

Dec 7, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Paul Reitter

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