Autobiography and Memoir

Shelf Life Shelf Life

Jonathan Franzen's Freedom, Robert Darnton's Poetry and the Police, Jeremy Harding's Mother Country

Oct 27, 2010 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella

It Was Heaven That They Burned

It Was Heaven That They Burned It Was Heaven That They Burned

Who is Rigoberta MenchĂș?

Sep 8, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Greg Grandin

Changing Places

Changing Places Changing Places

The double book-keeping of Christopher Hitchens.

Jul 28, 2010 / Books & the Arts / D.D. Guttenplan

In Our Orbit: What Was Lost In Our Orbit: What Was Lost

Kai Bird's Crossing Mandelbaum Gate is a meditation on the collective failure of Israelis and Palestinians to reconcile their histories of loss and victimhood.

May 12, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Frederick Deknatel

Gramaphoons Gramaphoons

A rock bottom, a bottom line, a body in extremis all make the poems of Graham Foust quaver and reel.

Apr 16, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko

The Cut Man: On Taylor Branch The Cut Man: On Taylor Branch

Taylor Branch and a president's prodigious appetite for vindication before the bar of history.

Feb 18, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Chris Lehmann

Howard Zinn

Zinn’s Critical History Zinn’s Critical History

Howard Zinn's writings remain essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the upheavals of the '60s

Feb 4, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner

Back Talk: Terry Castle Back Talk: Terry Castle

A conversation with the author of The Professor about her affair with an older woman and the journals of Susan Sontag.

Jan 28, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood

Under Siege: On Emma Williams Under Siege: On Emma Williams

A poignant memoir about life in the occupied territories during the second intifada.

Jan 28, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Charles Glass

Telling It Slant: On J.M. Coetzee Telling It Slant: On J.M. Coetzee

J.M. Coetzee's Summertime and the fictions of self-deception.

Jan 28, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Joanna Scott

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