Representative Fictions Representative Fictions
An ambitious two-volume history of the novel explores its evolution across continents and centuries.
Nov 16, 2006 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz
The Last Antiwar Poem The Last Antiwar Poem
Allen Ginsberg's "Wichita Vortex Sutra," written at the height of the Vietnam War, speaks with a jarring relevance today.
Nov 14, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Rolf Potts
A Civilizing Mission A Civilizing Mission
The Selected Writings of Eqbal Ahmad collects the work of one of our finest postcolonialist critics.
Nov 9, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Amitava Kumar
The Business of America The Business of America
The American Way of Strategy and Empire's Workshop examine the paradox of idealism and brutality in US foreign policy.
Nov 9, 2006 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba
The Body in Pain The Body in Pain
Fernando Botero's latest series of paintings, inspired by the Abu Ghraib photos, immerse us in the experience of suffering in a way the original photographs never did.
Nov 9, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
The Tracks of My Tears The Tracks of My Tears
Penelope Cruz shines in Pedro Almodóvar's Volver; James Longley's Iraq in Fragments is a repository of small truths.
Nov 6, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Down by Law Down by Law
Todd Snider has a songwriter's flair for the absurd--and he's morphed from a barroom wiseacre to a keen observer of life at the workaday fringes of Bush's America.
Nov 2, 2006 / Books & the Arts / K. Leander Williams
In God’s Country In God’s Country
The secular left should think twice before casting religious people as its foes. After all, alienating potential allies and confining ourselves to a small sect of like-minded belie...
Nov 2, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Eyal Press
What Bush Has Wrought What Bush Has Wrought
We are now led by a false warrior who acts the simpleton, while playing to his version of what Middle America wants. To stop the madness, on November 7 voters must soundly repudiat...
Nov 1, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Robert Scheer
Capturing Compassion Capturing Compassion
Seeking to arouse America's compassion, five photojournalists have documented the suffering of terrorized refugees from Darfur in an exhibition that will travel to cities aroun...
Oct 27, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Suzanne Charlé