Shelf Life: On Molly Antopol Shelf Life: On Molly Antopol
The short stories in The UnAmericans are studies of effusive remoteness and meandering revolution.
Mar 26, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Hannah Gold
Spy Agencies, Not Politicians, Hold the Cards in Washington Spy Agencies, Not Politicians, Hold the Cards in Washington
The CIA and NSA routinely ignore the Constitution, yet want the Justice Department to protect them from an over-reaching Congress.
Mar 24, 2014 / Books & the Arts / William Greider
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Fall and Rise of American Cities, Through Camilo José Vergara’s Lens This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Fall and Rise of American Cities, Through Camilo José Vergara’s Lens
Vergara’s ambivalent feelings about gentrifying Harlem stem from a recognition of just how far the neighborhood had fallen in previous years.
Mar 22, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Captivating Mind A Captivating Mind
How Georgi Markov became the truth-teller of Bulgaria’s communist era, and paid for it with his life.
Mar 18, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Dimiter Kenarov
Shelf Life Shelf Life
Dave Eggers’s The Circle; Richard Powers’s Orfeo
Mar 18, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier
In Praise of the Utopian Political Imagination In Praise of the Utopian Political Imagination
Thomas Piketty’s ambitious, lucid Capital in the Twenty-First Century explains the depth and scope of our inequality problem.
Mar 14, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Kathleen Geier
Studio or Square? Studio or Square?
Art and revolution in Cairo.
Mar 11, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Jenna Krajeski
Missing Pictures Missing Pictures
Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel, Jiri Menzel’s I Served the King of England, Rithy Panh’s The Missing Picture
Mar 11, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Shelf Life: Hal Hartley’s Unbelievable Truths Shelf Life: Hal Hartley’s Unbelievable Truths
The Unbelievable Truth, Trust, The Book of Life, The Girl from Monday and Meanwhile
Mar 11, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Akiva Gottlieb
Rep. Keith Ellison—on His Faith, His Family & Our Future Rep. Keith Ellison—on His Faith, His Family & Our Future
The four-term congressman from Minnesota’s Fifth District is boldly following in the footsteps of Humphrey, McCarthy, Mondale and Wellstone.
Mar 10, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel