This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Resisting The Beatles’ Invasion, ‘The PR Man’s Finest Hour’ This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Resisting The Beatles’ Invasion, ‘The PR Man’s Finest Hour’
The quivering throngs of teen-aged girls, The Nation’s reviewer wrote, said much more about the susceptibility of Americans to fashionable trends than it did about the talent...
Mar 8, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Dread and Wonder Dread and Wonder
The unflinching fiction of Ludmilla Petrushevskaya.
Mar 5, 2014 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz
I, Diet I, Diet
out of this world & out of time & out of love & out of mind & out of the pan & out of butter, out of anger & out of mother, out of the cradle & out of pocket, out of space & out of cash & out of change & out of sight & out of range & force of habit & out of oil & out of whack & out of water & Damascus, out of courtesy & out of shock & out of duty & out of turn & out of tune & out of line & out of the ground & out of his gourd & out of all the possible solutions, out of the ashes & conviction
Mar 5, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Anna Maria Hong
Against the Grain Against the Grain
Elizabeth Fenn, the Mandans and a renaissance in historical writing.
Mar 5, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Richard White
Ball of Fire Ball of Fire
The life and unvarnished style of Barbara Stanwyck.
Mar 4, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Charles Taylor
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The European Right—From (Jean-Marie) Le Pen to (Marine) Le Pen—and the Rise of the French Far Right This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The European Right—From (Jean-Marie) Le Pen to (Marine) Le Pen—and the Rise of the French Far Right
The underlying philosophy of the National Front remains almost exactly the same as it was under Jean-Marie Le Pen.
Mar 1, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
It’s Our Act of Killing, Too It’s Our Act of Killing, Too
The brilliant Oscar-nominated film The Act of Killing depicts the horrifying mass murder in Indonesia in the 1960s—but the US was no mere observer.
Feb 28, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Brad Simpson
Journalism’s Real Hoax Problem Journalism’s Real Hoax Problem
Eric with the latest reviews and Reed on accountability in mainstream journalism.
Feb 26, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
Woody and Mia: A Modern Family Timeline Woody and Mia: A Modern Family Timeline
The tangled web of affairs, accusations and legal battles that defined Woody Allen and Mia Farrow’s relationship unfolded over three decades.
Feb 26, 2014 / Books & the Arts / JoAnn Wypijewski
In ‘Goliath,’ the Past Is Always Present for Palestinians In ‘Goliath,’ the Past Is Always Present for Palestinians
The story of contemporary Israel as written by Max Blumenthal is not easy to read.
Feb 25, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Nadia Hijab