Books and Ideas

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Forget the Guns—Ban Swimming Pools! Forget the Guns—Ban Swimming Pools!

Guns are not to blame in accidental shooting deaths of toddlers.

Jun 7, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

Everybody Wants Some!!

Chuffah Degree Zero Chuffah Degree Zero

Why has trivial conversation become essential in contemporary cinema?

Jun 7, 2016 / Joshua Clover

Summer Reading

The Nation’s Summer-Reading List: Part 2 The Nation’s Summer-Reading List: Part 2

Staffers and contributors share their summer reads on populism, the surrealism of immigration, how to write erotica, and more.

Jun 7, 2016 / The Nation

Beach Books

The Nation’s Summer-Reading List: Part 1 The Nation’s Summer-Reading List: Part 1

What’s on their lists? Eastern European history, new fiction, a biography of James Joyce, and more.

Jun 6, 2016 / The Nation

How Poems Think

How Poems Think How Poems Think

The power of lyric poetry lies in negation, not self-assertion.

Jun 6, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko

Goldman Sachs NSYE

5 Books: University Press Books That Tackle Capitalism From Every Angle 5 Books: University Press Books That Tackle Capitalism From Every Angle

The best books for understanding our modern crises.

Jun 3, 2016 / Julia Ott

Is the Supreme Court’s Role Overstated?

Is the Supreme Court’s Role Overstated? Is the Supreme Court’s Role Overstated?

In Engines of Liberty, David Cole trains a light on civil society as a more reliable agent of constitutional change.

Jun 3, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Michael O’Donnell

Time Servers

Time Servers Time Servers

A vision of time travel gets trapped in the media of our time.

Jun 2, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Ava Kofman

‘The Nation’ Has a New President! ‘The Nation’ Has a New President!

Erin O’Mara has a proven ability to balance financial concerns with the mission-based priorities that define our magazine.

Jun 2, 2016 / Press Room

Stuck in ‘Ghetto’

Stuck in ‘Ghetto’ Stuck in ‘Ghetto’

In his new book, Mitchell Duneier explains why there is nothing natural about a ghetto.

Jun 2, 2016 / Books & the Arts / E. Tammy Kim

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