Foes Foes
J.M. Coetzee, now out with a new novel and a collection of essays, reminds us what a master he is at turning life into narrative.
Feb 7, 2008 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz
The Where of It The Where of It
The best location for Lawrence Weiner's conceptual art is in the viewer's own imagination.
Feb 5, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Gandhi’s Teachings Are Alive Gandhi’s Teachings Are Alive
Mohandas K. Gandhi, killed sixty years ago, was a moment in the conscience of mankind. But the flame of hope his life inspired shapes our lives still.
Feb 4, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Rev. Jesse L. Jackson
The Choice The Choice
On the eve of Super Tuesday, The Nation's DC editor explains why he thinks Barack Obama is the better choice to build a real progressive majority.
Feb 2, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Chris Hayes and The Nation Video
The Big Yam The Big Yam
Chinese hearts, minds and pocketbooks get a lot of attention from the Eastern and Western consumer markets.
Jan 31, 2008 / Books & the Arts / John Feffer
New Old Things New Old Things
A new collection of short pieces by the prodigious and wide-ranging critic Luc Sante doubles as a history of Modernism's outlaws.
Jan 31, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Frances Richard
Where Abstract Starts Where Abstract Starts
I sit here it is 4:00
Should I say it?
Death occurred to me
And the fit over bounded
My physical thought
As I lie here
Jan 31, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Joseph Ceravolo
Lives on the Ground Lives on the Ground
New memoirs from Israel and Palestine offer the chance not to escape the political conflict but to grasp the way it impacts daily life.
Jan 31, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Adina Hoffman
South Carolina, What Could Have Been? South Carolina, What Could Have Been?
Inspired by The Nation's intrepid reporting, Stephen Colbert asks what would have been if he'd stayed on the South Carolina ballot.
Jan 29, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Colbert
An Unmonumental Grimace An Unmonumental Grimace
Taking stock of the new New Museum.
Jan 29, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky