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Remembering André Schiffrin

Remembering André Schiffrin Remembering André Schiffrin

For decades, first at Pantheon and then at the New Press, he was a lion of progressive publishing.

Dec 18, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Victor Navasky

Who Didn’t Kill JFK?

Who Didn’t Kill JFK? Who Didn’t Kill JFK?

Kennedy’s presidency and assassination seem more elusive as the decades pass.

Dec 18, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Beverly Gage

Linda Tirado Is Not a Hoax

Linda Tirado Is Not a Hoax Linda Tirado Is Not a Hoax

The author of "Why I Make Terrible Decisions" discovers the dark side of Internet fame.

Dec 11, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Michelle Goldberg

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: 100 Years of Writing About Marcel Proust’s ‘Almost Wizard Power’

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: 100 Years of Writing About Marcel Proust’s ‘Almost Wizard Power’ This Week in ‘Nation’ History: 100 Years of Writing About Marcel Proust’s ‘Almost Wizard Power’

Proust, a reviewer wrote in 1921, “may not be what his hero set out to be in his childhood, the greatest writer in the world, but he is one of those.”

Dec 7, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Gray Zone

The Gray Zone The Gray Zone

Does John Gray counsel anything more than avoidance of the ideological excesses he scorns?

Dec 4, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Isaac Chotiner

Thanksgiving Forty Years Ago: There but for the Grace…

Thanksgiving Forty Years Ago: There but for the Grace… Thanksgiving Forty Years Ago: There but for the Grace…

It’s bad out there on Thanksgiving this year. A remembrance: in 1973, it was worse.

Nov 28, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

Without Respite

Without Respite Without Respite

Seeing not a person but a thing was the crime of crimes for Primo Levi.

Nov 25, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Tantalizing Mockery of Thanksgiving, 1931

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Tantalizing Mockery of Thanksgiving, 1931 This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Tantalizing Mockery of Thanksgiving, 1931

President Hoover's holiday proclamation was offensive to millions of poor and unemployed Americans, our 'Drifter' columnist wrote.

Nov 23, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Kennedy Week: The Myth of Camelot and the Dangers of Sycophantic Consensus Journalism Kennedy Week: The Myth of Camelot and the Dangers of Sycophantic Consensus Journalism

How a favor Teddy White did for Jackie Kennedy helps explain David Broder and Politico.

Nov 23, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

How ‘The Nation’ Covered John F. Kennedy’s Assassination, Fifty Years Ago

How ‘The Nation’ Covered John F. Kennedy’s Assassination, Fifty Years Ago How ‘The Nation’ Covered John F. Kennedy’s Assassination, Fifty Years Ago

From our archives.

Nov 22, 2013 / Steven Hsieh

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