Books & the Arts

Disquieting and Enraptured: On Pierre Bonnard Disquieting and Enraptured: On Pierre Bonnard

Pierre Bonnard's late still lifes, on view at the Met, are lessons in unknowing.

Apr 2, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Warlord Politics Warlord Politics

Andrew Rice The fighting in Congo started as a modern crusade. Five million deaths later, it's clearly about something else.

Apr 2, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Rice

Lonely Blue Boys Lonely Blue Boys

Stuart Klawans Zack Snyder's Watchmen, Tony Gilroy's Duplicity, Greg Mottola's Adventureland.

Apr 2, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Flights of Fancy Flights of Fancy

A review of two aviation books that were publish prior to the Wright brothers first flight.

Apr 1, 2009 / Books & the Arts / The Editors

Bridging It Bridging It

With the help of a collector, Sonny Rollins has taken the curating of his career in a new direction.

Mar 31, 2009 / Books & the Arts / K. Leander Williams

The One Oval Window The One Oval Window

The surface of this street is sweet enough to lick. There is usually a fee for sacrifice, ladies, and mine is a store for rent. Terrace danger cannot be traded for river danger or danger danger. In this light, the clouds.

Mar 26, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Kronovet

Green Acres: Lost in the Amazon Green Acres: Lost in the Amazon

Percy Harrison Fawcett went to the Amazon looking for paradise. He never returned.

Mar 26, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Greg Grandin

Back Talk: Michelle Goldberg Back Talk: Michelle Goldberg

Journalist Michelle Goldberg discusses the past fifty years of global reproductive issues.

Mar 26, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood

The Wait: On Vladimir Sorokin The Wait: On Vladimir Sorokin

Elaine Blair In The Queue, Vladimir Sorokin offers a biting and hilarious portrait of a central ritual of Soviet life.

Mar 25, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Elaine Blair

The Kinsey Report The Kinsey Report

The publication of the Kinsey report means for the for the first time that frank talk about sex is no longer the sole domain of the church and psychoanalysts.

Mar 25, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Martin Gumpert

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