Books & the Arts

The First Lady of Song The First Lady of Song

Billie Holiday wasn't just adored by her fans but by her friends and colleagues as well.

Jun 9, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Robert Christgau

Adult Content Adult Content

Reviews of Madagascar, Howl's Moving Castle and several other new films.

Jun 2, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Beware the Holy War Beware the Holy War

An analysis of the BBC's documentary on Al Qaeda and Islamic terrorism.

Jun 2, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Peter Bergen

Spectacle Spectacle

The progressive and regressive politics of Star Wars.

Jun 2, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Richard Goldstein

Collective Memory and the Holocaust Collective Memory and the Holocaust

An interview with Peter Eisenman, architect of Berlin's new Holocaust memorial.

May 31, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Ross Benjamin

Invisible Republic Invisible Republic

Siddhartha Deb's second novel follows an Indian journalist on an elusive search for meaning.

May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Shashi Tharoor

Hail Mary Hail Mary

A new biography of one of the Enlightment's most remarkable thinkers.

May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick

Look at Me Look at Me

Camile Paglia, pundit of poetry.

May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Lee Siegel

Kindred Spirits Kindred Spirits

Michael Cunningham delivers a historical/noir/sci-fi novel haunted by 9/11 and Walt Whitman.

May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Maria Margaronis

Revolutionary Suicide Revolutionary Suicide

Eritrea betrayed.

May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Rice

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