Books & the Arts

What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?

THE WAY WE LIVE NOW.
By Anthony Trollope.
Oxford. 1,024 pp. $11.95.

Sep 5, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Amy Wilentz

Mourning and Modernism After 9/11 Mourning and Modernism After 9/11

Can function follow form?

Sep 5, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Casey Nelson Blake

The Art of 9/11 The Art of 9/11

Mama, build me a fence!

Sep 5, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto

A Green Ground Zero A Green Ground Zero

The debate over how to redevelop the World Trade Center site has revolved around several key concerns: the commercial interests of the real estate industry, the public's desire...

Sep 5, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Amanda Griscom and Will Dana

Map to Ground Zero Map to Ground Zero

The footprints of clashing interests.

Sep 5, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Philip Nobel

Alabanza: In Praise of Local 100 Alabanza: In Praise of Local 100

For the 43 members of Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Local 100, working at the Windows on the World restaurant, who lost their lives in the attack on the World Trade Ce...

Sep 5, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Martín Espada

Changing History Changing History

Editor's Note: One year after the attacks, Eric Foner assessed the impact of 9/11 on the way America tells the story of itself and readjusts its relationship with the world. ...

Sep 5, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner

Auteur, Auteur! Auteur, Auteur!

The streets of lower Manhattan are deserted--also spotlessly clean and glowing in the light of the golden hour--when the studio head takes the movie director outside to tell hi...

Aug 29, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Hey, He’s Bruce Hey, He’s Bruce

When Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, reunited to tour behind The Rising, came to Madison Square Garden on August 12, they juxtaposed "41 Shots," Springsteen's powerful so...

Aug 29, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Gene Santoro

In Cold Type In Cold Type

As summer winds down, retreats and vacations come to an end (no more toasted marshmallows) and regular life begins again, with everyday chores like buying new shoes for childre...

Aug 29, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Amy Wilentz

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