Books & the Arts

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

Waiting for C. Wright Mills Waiting for C. Wright Mills

Remembering the remarkable life and work of the American sociologist who, despite FBI harassment, remained engaged in the Cuban Revolution.

Mar 20, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Ricardo Alarcón

Take the Money and Run Take the Money and Run

New biographies of Andrew Carnegie and Andrew Mellon depict the two primeval capitalists in all their contradictory complexity.

Mar 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Steve Fraser

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