Books & the Arts

The Anatomy Lesson The Anatomy Lesson

Matthew Barney's Cremaster cycle

Apr 17, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto

Letter from Ground Zero Letter from Ground Zero

In the past 200 years, all of the earth's great territorial empires, whether dynastic or colonial, or both, have been destroyed. The list includes the Russian empire of the cza...

Apr 17, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Schell

Clash of Visualizations Clash of Visualizations

Consider this hypothetical situation.

Apr 10, 2003 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba

The New Globetrotters The New Globetrotters

Globalization: Use this word in a sentence, especially as the cause of something bad, and you will get knowing nods all around.

Apr 10, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Susan J. Douglas

Among the Gilded Paupers Among the Gilded Paupers

The quest for El Dorado, the mythic city of gold, is at the heart of the tumultuous history of the Americas.

Apr 10, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Anderson Tepper

The Little Mermaid’s Fortune-Teller The Little Mermaid’s Fortune-Teller

Refracted through your tide-washed hours, this prince drifts through algid brine, kelp-wound: his ship has foundered in your sky. For his sake you discover land, build

Apr 10, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Reginald Shepherd

Hors de Combat Hors de Combat

She's the ultimate quick-change artist, with a style that can absorb any trend and an image to match. She's gone from material girl to S/M maitresse, from power diva to content...

Apr 9, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Richard Goldstein

Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero

A Vesuvius of violence has erupted from the dead center of American life, the executive branch of the government.

Apr 3, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Schell

Diversity and Its Malcontents Diversity and Its Malcontents

David L. Kirp has chronicled the Mount Laurel, New Jersey, history in Almost Home: America's Love-Hate Relationship with Community (Princeton).

Apr 3, 2003 / Books & the Arts / David Kirp

Bloomsburied in China Bloomsburied in China

A divide exists between Chinese literature and movies written, produced, read or viewed in the West, and those written and produced in mainlaind China.

Apr 3, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Patricia Laurence

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