Books and Ideas

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

Hungary and the End of Politics

Hungary and the End of Politics Hungary and the End of Politics

How Victor Orbán launched a constitutional coup and created a one-party state.

May 6, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Kim Lane Scheppele

A Strange Luminescence

A Strange Luminescence A Strange Luminescence

W.G. Sebald’s A Place in the Country.

Apr 30, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Ben Ehrenreich

Survivalpop

Survivalpop Survivalpop

The desperate situation of country’s popularity.

Apr 30, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

The Brand Is My Business

The Brand Is My Business The Brand Is My Business

The only mystery about The Black-Eyed Blonde is when publishing derivative works became original.

Apr 22, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Sarah Weinman

In Our Orbit: Dream and Wit In Our Orbit: Dream and Wit

E.L. Doctorow’s Andrew’s Brain

Apr 22, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Hannah Gold

The New Abolitionism

The New Abolitionism The New Abolitionism

Averting planetary disaster will mean forcing fossil fuel companies to give up at least $10 trillion in wealth.

Apr 22, 2014 / Feature / Chris Hayes

Gabriel García Márquez—a Rebel Against Form, an Artist Against the Forces of Oblivion

Gabriel García Márquez—a Rebel Against Form, an Artist Against the Forces of Oblivion Gabriel García Márquez—a Rebel Against Form, an Artist Against the Forces of Oblivion

He taught us how to live with loss, and he told us, over and over again, that other utopias are possible.

Apr 21, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Greg Grandin

Thomas Piketty Undermines the Hallowed Tenets of the Capitalist Catechism

Thomas Piketty Undermines the Hallowed Tenets of the Capitalist Catechism Thomas Piketty Undermines the Hallowed Tenets of the Capitalist Catechism

Not only does capitalist growth not reduce inequality; it increases it.

Apr 18, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Jeff Faux

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Here’s the Backstory on Marx and Marxism in Our Pages

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Here’s the Backstory on Marx and Marxism in Our Pages This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Here’s the Backstory on Marx and Marxism in Our Pages

The substance and tone of Nation articles on Marxism have tended to shift with the larger political, cultural and economic tides.

Apr 18, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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