Evicted From His Own Head: On Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky Evicted From His Own Head: On Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky
In the stories of Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, the landscape of the Russian revolution is hostile territory, and terrifying in its scope.
Nov 11, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Elaine Blair
Back Talk: Amy Bach Back Talk: Amy Bach
A conversation with the author of Ordinary Injustice about why the right to trial is no protection against a shoddy legal system.
Nov 11, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood
The Misunderstood Robber Baron: On Cornelius Vanderbilt The Misunderstood Robber Baron: On Cornelius Vanderbilt
T.J. Stiles's The First Tycoon is a gilded portrait of the robber baron Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Nov 11, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Steve Fraser
Survivors Survivors
Lee Daniels's Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire, Oren Moverman's The Messenger, Alexander Sokurov's The Sun
Nov 5, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Gladwell for Dummies Gladwell for Dummies
Malcolm Gladwell's success as a brand-name thinker rests on the assumption that the unexamined life is the only sort his readers could be living.
Nov 5, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Maureen Tkacik
Early Capitalism Early Capitalism
they are perfecting the pillow with which you are being suffocated now it sings to you and shows you pictures--
Nov 4, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Joe Wenderoth
Linguistic Currency Linguistic Currency
In an information economy, tiny asymmetries in language comprehension translate into vast profits--and large-scale collapses.
Nov 3, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko
Deficit Hawk Hysteria Deficit Hawk Hysteria
The time to pay down the deficit will come only after the economy recovers.
Oct 28, 2009 / Books & the Arts / William Greider
The End of the Story? The End of the Story?
Archie Brown's account of the high politics of communism's collapse is Kremlinology without the guesswork.
Oct 28, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Lars T. Lih
The Last Yugoslav: On Dusan Makavejev The Last Yugoslav: On Dusan Makavejev
When Yugoslavia disintegrated, so too did the film career of Dusan Makavejev.
Oct 28, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Richard Byrne