A Nameless Vocation: On Fanny Howe A Nameless Vocation: On Fanny Howe
In The Winter Sun, Fanny Howe proves to be a reluctant and rebellious memoirist.
Mar 18, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko
The Half-Forgotten Prophet: C. Wright Mills The Half-Forgotten Prophet: C. Wright Mills
A half-century later, re-evaluating the works of C. Wright Mills, in The Politics of Truth.
Mar 11, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Norman Birnbaum
Further Adventures in Editing: Ted Solotaroff at ‘Commentary’ Further Adventures in Editing: Ted Solotaroff at ‘Commentary’
Cynthia Ozick, Norman Podhoretz and Alfred Chester contribute to the education of an editor. Second of a two-part memoir.
Jan 28, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Ted Solotaroff
Adventures in Editing: Ted Solotaroff’s ‘Commentary’ Days Adventures in Editing: Ted Solotaroff’s ‘Commentary’ Days
An unfinished memoir by the late literary editor and critic. The first part of a two-part article.
Jan 22, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Ted Solotaroff
The Horror of Dirt: Virginia Woolf and Her Servants The Horror of Dirt: Virginia Woolf and Her Servants
Upstairs and downstairs with Virginia, Vanessa and the Bloomsbury set.
Oct 29, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Elaine Blair
Truth and Consequences Truth and Consequences
Who's more to blame in the Love and Consequences hoax: the faux ghetto girl or the credulous book editors and reviewers who so eagerly snapped up her story?
Mar 6, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Amy Alexander
Chafee Chastened Chafee Chastened
In his recent memoir, former GOP insider Lincoln Chafee boldly decries the Bush era.
Feb 14, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Eyal Press
Lives on the Ground Lives on the Ground
New memoirs from Israel and Palestine offer the chance not to escape the political conflict but to grasp the way it impacts daily life.
Jan 31, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Adina Hoffman
The Dot Matrix The Dot Matrix
In I'jaam: An Iraqi Rhapsody, novelist Sinan Antoon explores themes of love, loss, identity and resistance in the face of political oppression.
Jan 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Laila Lalami
The Nijinsky of Ambivalence The Nijinsky of Ambivalence
During a Vietnam War protest, Norman Mailer blustered and banged a generation's experience through his prodigious ego.
Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Morris Dickstein