Nobody Told Me There’d Be Days Like This… Nobody Told Me There’d Be Days Like This…
American culture from Saul Bellows to Janeane Garofalo to NPR.
Oct 14, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
Old Vagabond: Paul Gauguin at Tate Modern Old Vagabond: Paul Gauguin at Tate Modern
In his paintings and travels, Paul Gauguin sought a corner of himself that was still unknown.
Oct 13, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Jay-Z Campaigns Again, But Without Obama Jay-Z Campaigns Again, But Without Obama
One of Obama's most famous fans reemerges for the midterms, but at a careful distance.
Oct 12, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ari Melber
Pleasures of the Tixte Pleasures of the Tixte
Has any book had a greater influence on the English language than the Bible?
Oct 7, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko
The Antisocial Network The Antisocial Network
As Facebook continues to shape norms online and set the bar for aspiring start-ups, it is worth remembering the premise that it was built on.
Oct 6, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ari Melber
Doing the Time: On Paul Chan Doing the Time: On Paul Chan
Waiting for Godot in New Orleans is a field guide to the life of an idea worked out in a community over eight months.
Oct 6, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Nick Stillman
Traps Traps
David Fincher's The Social Network; Yael Hersonki's A Film Unfinished; Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today
Oct 6, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
In ‘Boardwalk Empire,’ An All-Too-Real World In ‘Boardwalk Empire,’ An All-Too-Real World
In Terence Winter's too-beautiful Boardwalk Empire, the disconnect between "dry" Washington and the "wet," thoroughly corrupt real world is as blatant as i...
Oct 1, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Simon Maxwell Apter
Howls of Anger, and of Liberation Howls of Anger, and of Liberation
The new film Howl reveals how Allen Ginsberg's radical poem marked a coming out not only for his generation but also for himself.
Sep 29, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Sarah M. Seltzer
Good-Enough Objects: On Craft Good-Enough Objects: On Craft
How did craft become a calling that dare not speak its name?
Sep 22, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky