Emancipation Proclamation Emancipation Proclamation
Upon his death in 1994, Ralph Ellison left behind some 2,000 pages of a never-finished second novel--more than forty years of fine-tuning what his literary executor, John F.
May 27, 1999 / Books & the Arts / John Leonard
White Shirt, Blue Collar White Shirt, Blue Collar
In 1992, as the United States wallowed in recession, presidential candidate Bill Clinton began to use the term "working middle class" to describe millions of Americans who were b...
May 27, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stanley Aronowitz
Of Time and the Artist Of Time and the Artist
One afternoon in 1985, I rode in a taxi down Broadway with the physicist I.I. Rabi, discussing time and age.
May 20, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Monthly Review at 50 Monthly Review at 50
Monthly Review celebrated its semicentennial on May 7 with a Manhattan bash featuring loyalists Ossie Davis, Adrienne Rich and Cornel West, and a special retrospective May issue ...
May 20, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Paul Buhle
Episode I–The Phantom Menace Episode I–The Phantom Menace
Not only now but every week, I am reminded at two-minute intervals of the influence of Star Wars.
May 20, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Nowhere Man, Please Listen Nowhere Man, Please Listen
On April Fool's Day 1989, Leonid Loktev changed without warning into another person.
May 13, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Borges in Another Métier Borges in Another Métier
With Pablo Neruda and Alejo Carpentier, Jorge Luis Borges set in motion the wave of astonishing writing that has given Latin American literature its high place in our time.
May 13, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Jay Parini
On the Virtual Picket Line On the Virtual Picket Line
The unfortunate flaw in From the Telegraph to the Internet is its title, which suggests a highly specialized account of an industry when in fact it is a deeply moving narrative ...
May 13, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Marcus G. Raskin
Labor’s Foundations Labor’s Foundations
Deep in the pages of the biweekly Chronicle of Philanthropy lies the "New Grants" section.
May 13, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Colman McCarthy
Memory Hotel (It’s Haunted) Memory Hotel (It’s Haunted)
Thanks to the genius of millions, who over the generations have created our language, we may speak of the most uncanny experience in terms that suit the most common.
May 6, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans