The Mayans The Mayans
The scowl is caught in jadeite.
The flattened face on a green bead
displayed in the orchestral light of the museum
also boards the train on Steinway Street.
Dec 7, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Eleanor Lerman
The Bondage Club The Bondage Club
In the morning we put on our sharp blue suits and
go to hear the delegates speak through broken teeth.
These are the women whose names the press must be
Dec 7, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Eleanor Lerman
That Sure Is My Little Dog That Sure Is My Little Dog
Yes, indeed, that is my house that I am carrying around
on my back like a bullet-proof shell and yes, that sure is
my little dog walking a hard road in hard boots. And
Dec 7, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Eleanor Lerman
2006 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize: Eleanor Lerman 2006 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize: Eleanor Lerman
Eleanor Lerman's poems sing a song that is bravely gloomy, but they sing it with a fierce and earned dignity.
Dec 7, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Tony Hoagland
Uncle Tom’s Shadow Uncle Tom’s Shadow
The Annotated Uncle Tom's Cabin explores one of the most influential novels in American history.
Dec 7, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Darryl Lorenzo Wellington
The Plot Against Equality The Plot Against Equality
Walter Benn Michaels's The Trouble With Diversity challenges us to remove our race-tinted glasses and view the world in the class-based terms that, he argues, define it.
Dec 7, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Robert S. Boynton
Suga Mama, Politicized Suga Mama, Politicized
Beyoncé Knowles's sexed-up club jam B'Day is also an odd, urgent, dissonant and disruptive personal and political statement.
Nov 30, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Daphne A. Brooks
Unhappy Meal Unhappy Meal
Nov 30, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
In Palestine, a Dream Deferred In Palestine, a Dream Deferred
Two new books explore fundamental Palestinian and Israeli concerns: The Iron Cage by Rashid Khalidi considers the Palestinians’ failure to achieve sovereignty, and One Country by A...
Nov 30, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Bashir Abu-Manneh
Mad Mel and the Maya Mad Mel and the Maya
Mel Gibson's violent new film Apocalypto exploits Maya culture and perpetuates racist stereotypes.
Nov 30, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Earl Shorris