Soul Man Soul Man

Pop music's eternal appeal can be found in one instance out of many: "This Magic Moment," a 1960 song by The Drifters.

Jul 31, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Armond White

In Our Orbit In Our Orbit

American troops have been in Iraq since March, and their reception has been decidedly chillier than promised.

Jul 31, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Emily Biuso

Operation Iranian Freedom Operation Iranian Freedom

Click here to read Iran's New Strong Man by Andrew Roth from the September 5, 1953 issue of The Nation.

Jul 31, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Tariq Ali

What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?

I've been bashfully mute amidst the chatter over Norman Rush's new novel, Mortals, because he wasn't on the modest list of Writers I Know About.

Jul 21, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Timothy Bradley

Badlands Badlands

It's always good fun to see a boy wax romantic over the first girl to give him a handjob--and if the boy should be a black-hatted Jew, the fun is only improved.

Jul 17, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Charlotte’s Web Charlotte’s Web

In 1890 the American feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote a remarkable short story, "The Yellow Wallpaper," about a woman--genteel, educated, with more than a casual taste f...

Jul 17, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick

Written in Memory Written in Memory

Helen Keller may be the world's most famous supercrip.

Jul 17, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Michael Bérubé

Lady Day Lady Day

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's new book, The Majesty of the Law, appears at a particularly auspicious moment. As the swing vote on and author of Grutter v.