Books & the Arts

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 11/20/14?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 11/20/14? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 11/20/14?

What are interns reading for the week of 11/20/14?

Nov 21, 2014 / Books & the Arts / StudentNation

Remembering Mike Nichols

Remembering Mike Nichols Remembering Mike Nichols

Hamilton Fish remembers legendary film director and creative force behind 'The Graduate', Mike Nichols.

Nov 20, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Hamilton Fish

Post-Midterm Political Coverage of GOP Extremism Fits the Definition of Media Absurdity

Post-Midterm Political Coverage of GOP Extremism Fits the Definition of Media Absurdity Post-Midterm Political Coverage of GOP Extremism Fits the Definition of Media Absurdity

Eric on this week in concerts and new music releases and Reed on how the mainstream press is always trying to tell the same (false) story about the Republican Party.

Nov 17, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 11/13/14?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 11/13/14? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 11/13/14?

What are interns reading for the week of 11/13/14?

Nov 14, 2014 / Books & the Arts / StudentNation

More ‘Wild Tales’: An Interview With Graham Nash

More ‘Wild Tales’: An Interview With Graham Nash More ‘Wild Tales’: An Interview With Graham Nash

The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer explains why climate change is the overriding issue of our time, talks at length about his relationship with Joni Mitchell and discusses life with D...

Nov 14, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman

The Fall of the Berlin Wall, Revisited

The Fall of the Berlin Wall, Revisited The Fall of the Berlin Wall, Revisited

Twenty-five years ago, Eric Alterman reminded us that the so-called “experts” were wrong about the Berlin Wall. Some things haven’t changed much.

Nov 12, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman

Fall Interns’ Recommended Reading

Fall Interns’ Recommended Reading Fall Interns’ Recommended Reading

Need some reading suggestions? See below for recommended reads from our brilliant group of fall interns:

Nov 12, 2014 / Books & the Arts / StudentNation

Grim Reapers

Grim Reapers Grim Reapers

Drones have taken on a life of their own in popular culture.

Nov 11, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Jenna Krajeski

From the Dirty Silences

From the Dirty Silences From the Dirty Silences

Must art confront ugly realities with an ugliness of its own?

Nov 11, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

Noon ictus cooling the veranda’s fretwork the child sits after his harp boning burlesque in the bower, his slit of gulls nerves silenced into hydrangea. Violet and roan, the bridal sun is opening and closing a window, filling a clay pot of coins with coins; candle jars, a crystal globe, cut milk boxes with horn petals snapping their iceberg-Golgotha crackle. The loneliness is terrible, the ice is near, says the hasp-lipped devil, casting beatitudes at the castor-oiled pimps in Parliament, Pray for them, joyfully, their amazing death! Light seethes bulging like pipes blown with napalm from his big golden eyes turning the afternoon ten degrees backwards, then through palm fronds’ teething the bridled air, sprigs of goat hair fall.

Nov 11, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Ishion Hutchinson

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