Missing the Story Missing the Story
How turning the Murder of Kitty Genovese into a parable erased its particulars.
Apr 8, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker
The Body Politic The Body Politic
When US soldiers venture abroad, women’s bodies can become the occupied territories.
Apr 8, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Akemi Johnson
Worn Muses Worn Muses
Nymphomaniac is Lars von Trier’s latest ode to titillation and traps.
Apr 8, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Shelf Life Shelf Life
How the literary critic Paul de Man turned evasiveness into authority.
Apr 8, 2014 / Books & the Arts / David Mikics
Gore Vidal: At 10, I Wanted to be Mickey Rooney Gore Vidal: At 10, I Wanted to be Mickey Rooney
How Mickey Rooney’s Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream changed Vidal’s life.
Apr 7, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
Past, Present, Futurism Past, Present, Futurism
The Guggenheim’s Futurism exhibition and the Whitney Biennial offer competing visions of present-mindedness.
Apr 2, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
What’s Behind the ‘Poor Door’? What’s Behind the ‘Poor Door’?
Inclusionary zoning laws are among the few tools left to ensure the creation of affordable housing.
Apr 2, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin
Not the Cesar Chavez I Knew Not the Cesar Chavez I Knew
A new film about the labor leader reduces him to a caricature and ignores his true strengths as an organizer.
Apr 1, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Marshall Ganz
Spy Agencies, Not Politicians, Hold the Cards in Washington Spy Agencies, Not Politicians, Hold the Cards in Washington
The CIA and NSA routinely ignore the Constitution, yet want the Justice Department to protect them from an over-reaching Congress.
Mar 24, 2014 / Books & the Arts / William Greider
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Fall and Rise of American Cities, Through Camilo José Vergara’s Lens This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Fall and Rise of American Cities, Through Camilo José Vergara’s Lens
Vergara’s ambivalent feelings about gentrifying Harlem stem from a recognition of just how far the neighborhood had fallen in previous years.
Mar 22, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel