Books and Ideas

Ardor and the Abyss

Ardor and the Abyss Ardor and the Abyss

Emily Dickinson's reclusiveness was a way of protecting the world from herself.

Jun 16, 2010 / Books & the Arts / James Longenbach

Shelf Life Shelf Life

Gabriel García Márquez's Clandestine in Chile; Jaron Lanier's You Are Not a Gadget; Roger Lowenstein's The End of Wall Street

Jun 16, 2010 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella

The Obama Presidency: Possibility or Peril? The Obama Presidency: Possibility or Peril?

A progressive moment was supposed to follow Obama's election. Robert Kuttner's A Presidency in Peril asks where it went.

Jun 14, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ari Berman

Obama’s Temper Obama’s Temper

In praise of losing it.

Jun 10, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Undefined

Undefined Undefined

Anthony Julius's Trials of the Diaspora and the myth of the new anti-Semitism.

Jun 9, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Antony Lerman

Anti- Anti-

In The Ask, Sam Lipsyte never ventures beyond the comfort zone of his eloquently damaged protagonist.

Jun 9, 2010 / Books & the Arts / J.M. Tyree

Intimacies and Dishonesties Intimacies and Dishonesties

In Tove Jansson's The True Deceiver, the uncertainties laid bare go to the heart of human relationships.

Jun 3, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Maria Margaronis

On Obama’s Plate On Obama’s Plate

He's a busy man!

Jun 2, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Ayn Rand: I Am the Greatest Ayn Rand: I Am the Greatest

Nation writer Corey Robin discusses Ayn Rand's kitsch philosophy.

Jun 1, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Press Room

Ayn Rand: I Am the Greatest Ayn Rand: I Am the Greatest

Nation writer Corey Robin discusses Ayn Rand's kitsch philosophy.

Jun 1, 2010 / Books & the Arts / GRITtv

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