Books & the Arts

Dimensions of the Abyss Dimensions of the Abyss

The visual art of the Black Atlantic explores an ambivalence that exceeds double consciousness.

Mar 11, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Remember 11/4/08? Remember 11/4/08?

 A new participatory documentary captures the excitement of Obama's election.

Mar 10, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ari Berman

An Oscar for America’s Hubris An Oscar for America’s Hubris

What a shame that the one movie about the Iraq war that has a chance of being viewed by a large worldwide audience should be so disappointing.

Mar 10, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Robert Scheer

Noted. Noted.

Stuart Klawans on radical filmmaker Leo Hurwitz; John Nichols on the primary fight for Blanche Lincoln's Senate seat.

Mar 4, 2010 / Books & the Arts / The Editors

Vision or Blindness? Vision or Blindness?

In Jacques Audiard's <i>A Prophet</i>, clairvoyance has its limits.

Mar 4, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Heroic Impatience Heroic Impatience

The past was one single catastrophe to the Baader-Meinhof Gang, and acts of violence the only perceived exit.

Mar 4, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Diego Gambetta

Dear K Dear K

 

Mar 3, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Mark McMorris

The Bubble and the Globe The Bubble and the Globe

Life in America is once more approaching John Ashbery, from one drifty moment to the next.

Feb 25, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

Shelf Life Shelf Life

Charles Juliet's Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde; Matthew Spender's Arshile Gorky: Goats on the Roof: A Life in Letters and Documents; Zak Smith's We Did Porn:...

Feb 25, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

A Life’s Sentence A Life’s Sentence

Maureen Howard's most recent novel is The Rags of Time.

Feb 25, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Maureen Howard

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