Bolaño in Mexico Bolaño in Mexico
As a young writer in the 1970s, Roberto Bolaño was expected to choose between two rival factions of Mexican poets. He chose both.
Apr 5, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Carmen Boullosa
Body Language Body Language
A new "ethnic correctness" is taking hold among minorities that might reverse a rising trend among Asians and others to undergo plastic surgery to look more westernized.
Mar 30, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Lam
That’s the Way of the World That’s the Way of the World
Reviews of U-Carmen, Offside and Killer of Sheep, arguably one of the best films of 2007.
Mar 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
A Mannerist in Madrid A Mannerist in Madrid
Jacopo Tintoretto outshines Michelangelo, but his work is rarely seen outside of Venice.
Mar 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
A Free Man A Free Man
Madison Smartt Bell's new biography of Toussaint Louverture explores the complexities of the man who created modern Haiti.
Mar 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Laurent Dubois
On the Genealogy of Morals On the Genealogy of Morals
Inventing Human Rights traces the roots of humanitarian concern back to the eighteenth century. But there's a world of difference between then and now.
Mar 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn
Goodbye, Baltimore Goodbye, Baltimore
In a kinetic and searching memoir, Ace of Spades, David Matthews confronts the identity questions that bedeviled him growing up biracial.
Mar 22, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Kate Levin
Mr. Dynamite Splits Mr. Dynamite Splits
A poem in tribute to the passing of James Brown.
Mar 22, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Thomas Sayers Ellis
Veiled Intolerance Veiled Intolerance
A batch of new books describe how European governments have dealt with Muslim immigrants and citizens since 9/11.
Mar 22, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Richard Wolin
Esperando a Mills Esperando a Mills
Recordamos la vida y el trabajo notable del sociólogo estadounidense quien a pesar de la fatiga de la Oficina Federal de Investigación se quedó muy dedicado a ...
Mar 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Ricardo Alarcón