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November 17, 2005
Monster’s Ball
Party in the Blitz, the final volume of Nobel laureate Elias Canetti’s memoirs, is a chaotic, horribly fascinating memoir of a man who was a slave to love, an omnivorous intellect and a literary giant.
John Banville
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November 2, 2005
I Wonder As I Wander
Rebecca Solnit’s A Field Guide to Getting Lost plumbs the mysteries of losing oneself and finding oneself in the realm of the utter unknown.
Michael Gorra
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September 1, 2005
Optimism of the Will
The rich legacy of former Nation editor and activist Carey McWilliams is on full display in three books.
Mike Davis
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August 11, 2005
The Unexamined Life
Sean Wilsey’s new memoir is a vulnerable, aching, unresolved account of growing up rich amid San Francisco’s high society.
Lee Siegel
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July 28, 2005
Fables of the Reconstruction
The Informant and Son of the Rough South examine the dynamics of moral choice through the lens of the civil rights movement.
Diane McWhorter
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July 21, 2005
Apple’s America
In high school I suffered from a case of unrequited admiration; a favorite teacher barely knew my name.
Natasha Degen
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June 16, 2005
Clinton Agonistes
John Harris’s history of the Clinton Administration deserves much of the praise it has received, but it ignores the media’s anti-Clinton animus.
Eric Alterman
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May 4, 2005
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May 4, 2005
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April 14, 2005