The Marriage of Orpheus The Marriage of Orpheus
Something brushed my cheek with damp-- a leaf, its little valley slick with run-off after rain. One last drop shook loose and struck a spider web, which shuddered but held o...
May 10, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Debora Greger
Literature’s Candida Literature’s Candida
One recent Tuesday, members of the literary old guard gathered at the Church of All Souls on Manhattan's Upper East Side to bid final farewell to one of their secret society and t...
May 10, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Dan Simon
Indecent Proposals Indecent Proposals
When the guy I'm seeing, Dan, invited me to the Wayne Wang film The Center of the World I felt sure it would lead to a hot night. The movie poster featured a stripper licking a lo...
May 10, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Amy Sohn
Ripley, Believe It or Not Ripley, Believe It or Not
Tim Appelo reviews the film With a Friend Like Harry.
May 3, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Tim Appelo
Marjorie Garber, PI Marjorie Garber, PI
A look at a new book by the author of Vested Interests.
May 3, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Robert S. Boynton
Margaret Mead vs. Tony Soprano Margaret Mead vs. Tony Soprano
Feminist anthropology fights for public voice in a new era.
May 3, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Micaela di Leonardo
Hitler’s Willing Executives Hitler’s Willing Executives
John Friedman reviews Edwin Black's IBM and the Holocaust and Reinhold Billstein et al.'s Working for the Enemy.
May 3, 2001 / Books & the Arts / John S. Friedman
The Designer Workplace The Designer Workplace
Debra Cash visits the Museum of Modern Art's "Workspheres" exhibition.
Apr 26, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Debra Cash
Who Lost the Working Class? Who Lost the Working Class?
A funny thing happened on the way to the election--here's what it portends.
Apr 26, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Levison
Mexico at the Multiplex Mexico at the Multiplex
B. Ruby Rich reviews the films Amores Perros and Spy Kids.
Apr 26, 2001 / Books & the Arts / B. Ruby Rich