Words in a Time of War Words in a Time of War

A journalist speaks to UC Berkeley graduates about how the Bush Administration uses and abuses language to manipulate public opinion and distort reality.

May 31, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Mark Danner

A Day in the Life: Sgt. Pepper Turns 40 A Day in the Life: Sgt. Pepper Turns 40

Four decades later, much of the thrill is gone from The Beatles' magnum opus. Except for one song.

May 31, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener

Breaking and Entering Breaking and Entering

Gordon Matta-Clark's art displays how empty spaces illuminate the structures they are housed in.

May 31, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Smells Like Teen Spirit Smells Like Teen Spirit

Teenage presents a lively but scattershot portrait of youth in the modern era.

May 31, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Mark Sorkin

The State of Zionism The State of Zionism

Tracing the course of Zionism and the splintered state it has created.

May 31, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Brian Klug

Colossus of Baghdad Colossus of Baghdad

As conditions worsen inside Baghdad's embattled Green Zone, construction continues on a grandiose US Embassy complex that mirrors Bush Administration delusions of a reordered Middl...

May 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Tom Engelhardt

Dreamscape Dreamscape

Reviews of the animated psychoanalytic sci-fi thriller Paprika, 9 Star Hotel and Poison Friends.

May 24, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

The Doctor Stories The Doctor Stories

Atul Gawande offers up a banal self-help manual for aspiring MDs, while Pauline Chen prescribes a dose of compassion.

May 24, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lizzy Ratner

Lengths Lengths

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Evening succeeds evening.

Demons discourse
on familiar topics.

May 24, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Rae Armantrout

An African Solution An African Solution

Two new books on the AIDS epidemic in Africa suggest that the best treatment may be found in the continent's own social movements.

May 24, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Rice