Violent Grace: Anne Carson’s An Oresteia Violent Grace: Anne Carson’s An Oresteia
Anne Carson's An Oresteia offers a dark vision of violent grace.
Apr 8, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Emily Wilson
Lonely Blue Boys Lonely Blue Boys
Apr 2, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Lingo: What Child Is This? Lingo: What Child Is This?
This is Lingo, a new occasional column about language. Is language acquisition uncanny or orphic?
Mar 17, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko
Philadelphia Rising Philadelphia Rising
The mayor's budget plan would close libraries. The people say, Think again.
Mar 11, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Robert S. Eshelman
‘Nation’ Note ‘Nation’ Note
Arthur C. Danto steps down as art critic of The Nation but continues as a contributing editor.
Mar 11, 2009 / Books & the Arts / The Editors
Movies for Hard Times: Classic Reviews from the Archive Movies for Hard Times: Classic Reviews from the Archive
Classic reviews of vintage films from our archive reflect the hardships and aspirations of Americans in the first Great Depression.
Mar 5, 2009 / Photo Essay / The Nation
The Mutual Human Concern The Mutual Human Concern
Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Tokyo Sonata, Steve McQueen's Hunger, Andrzej Wajda's Katyn.
Mar 5, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
The Eye That Collects: On Walker Evans The Eye That Collects: On Walker Evans
Walker Evans's collection of picture postcards, on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is an artistic project in its own right.
Mar 5, 2009 / Books & the Arts / J. Gabriel Boylan
The GOP’s Hip-Hop Makeover The GOP’s Hip-Hop Makeover
Michael Steele's getting funky, frantically remixing the GOP message, in hopes of reaching new generation of conservative voters. Is anybody listening?
Mar 3, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Ari Melber
Photography’s Ghosts: The Image and Its Artifice Photography’s Ghosts: The Image and Its Artifice
Two new books explore the truths and artifice of photography.
Feb 26, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Frances Richard