Books and Ideas

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

Shelf Life Shelf Life

Joseph Stiglitz's Freefall, Mark Weiss's The Whole Island and Robert Darnton's The Case for Books.

Jan 28, 2010 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella

Ghostly Demarcations: On Ramon Fernandez Ghostly Demarcations: On Ramon Fernandez

The novelist Dominique Fernandez struggles to understand his father's years as a Nazi collaborator.

Jan 28, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Alice Kaplan

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

Howard Zinn speaks into a microphone during the 2009 Sundance Music Festival

Howard Zinn: The Historian Who Made History Howard Zinn: The Historian Who Made History

Howard Zinn, who died in 2010 at the age of 87, did nothing less than rewrite the narrative of the United States. 

Jan 28, 2010 / Dave Zirin

Vote of Confidence, Sort of Vote of Confidence, Sort of

Somewhere between cranky and skanky... Sentiments about Ben Bernanke.

Jan 27, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Love We Lost The Love We Lost

Like the terrorist, the sex offender is a new category of human being.

Jan 21, 2010 / Books & the Arts / JoAnn Wypijewski

A Fine Romance: On Cristina Nehring A Fine Romance: On Cristina Nehring

If love has been exhausted as a literary theme, has it vanished from our experience of life as well?

Jan 21, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Miriam Markowitz

Pat Robertson and Rush Limbaugh on Haiti Pat Robertson and Rush Limbaugh on Haiti

These two spew theories bizarre and rococo.

Jan 20, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin

How Barack Obama is like Martin Luther King, Jr. How Barack Obama is like Martin Luther King, Jr.

All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem. –Martin Luther King, Jr. Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomina...

Jan 18, 2010 / Melissa Harris-Perry

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