‘Random’ Destruction ‘Random’ Destruction

Once again, changes at Random House have made headlines in papers throughout the country.

Jan 30, 2003 / Books & the Arts / André Schiffrin

The Eastern Front The Eastern Front

If Elia Suleiman's face were a cartoon, then the single short, white brush stroke dabbed into his black hair would perhaps be the beginning of a thought balloon, perpetually fo...

Jan 23, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Our Man in Saigon Our Man in Saigon

In the new film version of The Quiet American, a photographer races into a plaza in downtown Saigon, rather puzzling jaded British reporter Thomas Fowler (Michael Caine).

Jan 16, 2003 / Books & the Arts / H. Bruce Franklin

Who Killed Emmett Till? Who Killed Emmett Till?

The summer before 14-year-old Trent Lott entered all-white Pascagoula High School in Mississippi, a 14-year-old black boy from Chicago named Emmett Till convinced his mother to let...

Jan 16, 2003 / Books & the Arts / David Holmberg and Rebecca Segall

Unfinished Women Unfinished Women

Imaginary Friends, The Mercy Seat

Jan 9, 2003 / Books & the Arts / David Kaufman

The Year in Pictures The Year in Pictures

Looking backward in the January chill, I feel my eyes shoot past the films of 2002 toward a movie made some thirty years ago: a picture by Martin Scorsese about violent, driven...

Jan 9, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Prick Up Your Ears Prick Up Your Ears

How does a fiercely anticorporate musician feel about participating in a corporate entertainment system?

Dec 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / The Editors

The Power of Music The Power of Music

Talking With Eddie Vedder, Boots Riley, Amy Ray, Carrie Brownstein, Tom Morello

Dec 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Ann Powers

Desert Island Discs Desert Island Discs

Picture this: you're stranded on a desert island with nothing to comfort you but sand, sun and, miraculously, the solar-powered sound system that washed up with you.