Autobiography and Memoir

Tony Judt

The NYRB Is Rewriting Tony Judt’s Stance on Israel The NYRB Is Rewriting Tony Judt’s Stance on Israel

Judt called for a just resolution to the conflict, not the preservation of a “Jewish State.”

Jul 14, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Muhammad Idrees Ahmad

Words for Music Perhaps

Words for Music Perhaps Words for Music Perhaps

Warm and unaffected, Philip Glass’s memoir is nothing like his music.

Apr 14, 2015 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu

Camus Redux

Camus Redux Camus Redux

Today, Albert Camus is still alive but changed, thanks to the art of David Oelhoffen and Kamel Daoud.

Feb 4, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Alice Kaplan

A Q&A With Charles Blow on Race, Poverty, Sexual Predators and the CIA

A Q&A With Charles Blow on Race, Poverty, Sexual Predators and the CIA A Q&A With Charles Blow on Race, Poverty, Sexual Predators and the CIA

The New York Times columnist discusses his new book, Fire Shut Up in My Bones.

Oct 15, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener

The Haus of Maus

The Haus of Maus The Haus of Maus

Art Spiegelman’s twitchy irreverence

Aug 27, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon

My Memories of Gabriel García Márquez

My Memories of Gabriel García Márquez My Memories of Gabriel García Márquez

What more could a young writer want than to spend hours and hours with the greatest author alive?

May 6, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Ariel Dorfman

From & Friends

From & Friends From & Friends

Failing upward at the Democratic Leadership Council with Al From.

Feb 11, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Rick Perlstein

Shelf Life Shelf Life

Ralph Lemon’s Come Home Charley Patton

May 21, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Marina Harss

And Darkness Comes: On Aleksandar Hemon

And Darkness Comes: On Aleksandar Hemon And Darkness Comes: On Aleksandar Hemon

How did everything a writer had known and loved come violently apart?

Apr 24, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier

Stalker

Stalker Stalker

For the novelist James Lasdun, being stalked online is like “swallowing a cup of poison every morning.”

Feb 13, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Caleb Crain

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