Not Just Village People Not Just Village People
Once confined to the closet, gays are now making headway in mainstream society.
Dec 13, 2001 / Books & the Arts / George De Stefano
The Eurocrush on Books The Eurocrush on Books
Mergers and the Internet are changing the publishing industry. What lies ahead?
Dec 13, 2001 / Books & the Arts / André Schiffrin
A Poet Duly Noted A Poet Duly Noted
The 'Collected Poems' is an extraordinary book, says reviewer Ian Tromp.
Dec 13, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Ian Tromp
Gorbachev’s Revolution Gorbachev’s Revolution
Gorbachev represented a unique change in Soviet statesmanship; two books examine him and the end of the Cold War.
Dec 13, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Walter C. Uhler
Static Electricity Static Electricity
Stuart Klwans reviews two films: In the Bedroom, by Todd Field, and The Man Who Wasn't There, by the Coen brothers.
Dec 7, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Community Values Community Values
Allison Xantha Miller reviews The Rise and Fall of Synanon: A California Utopia, by Rod Janzen, and Shoes Outside the Door: Desire, Devotion and Excess at San Francisco Zen Center,...
Dec 7, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Allison Xantha Miller
Holocaust Imponderables Holocaust Imponderables
Paul Reitter reviews Essays on Hitler's Europe, by István Deák.
Dec 7, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Paul Reitter
Hymn to Necessity Hymn to Necessity
With a chain saw and axe, we've spent a long Morning cutting up a sycamore the storm Brought down. For all twelve years we've lived here, It has shaded over our kitchen window, Upheld the various tire swings and feeders, The candle-lit rice paper Japanese lanterns, And even, on one occasion, one corner Of a straw-hooped canopy for a wedding. So borne in mind, we've come to find that, Rinsing our dishes in the sink at lunch, The clearing it leaves over-brims itself And turns what's not there outside in, But how good the sun feels in its absence, And how like absence to surprise us this way.
Dec 7, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Sherod Santos
Witnessing Germany Witnessing Germany
Eric Weinberger reviews The Healing Wound: Experiences amd Reflections on Germany, 1938–2001, by Gitta Sereny.
Dec 7, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Eric Weinberger
That’s Vietnam, Jake That’s Vietnam, Jake
Three million American soldiers--men for the most part--participated in the US invasion of Vietnam over the decade-long duration of that war for us--roughly 1964 to 1973.
Nov 29, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Michael Uhl