Books and Ideas

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

The Response to the Primary Victory of Rand Paul The Response to the Primary Victory of Rand Paul

Party pooper.

May 27, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin

In With Both Feet In With Both Feet

Like Charles Dickens's Gradgrind, Justice Louis Brandeis wanted facts.

May 26, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Michael O’Donnell

Eyes Wide Open Eyes Wide Open

For Herta Müller, writing is not a matter of trusting, but rather of the honesty of the deceit.

May 20, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Lorna Scott Fox

Garbage and Gravitas

Garbage and Gravitas Garbage and Gravitas

Ayn Rand was a melodramatist of the moral life: The battle is between the producer and the moochers, and it must end in life or death.

May 20, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Corey Robin

Stories and Legends

Stories and Legends Stories and Legends

How Barack Obama has fashioned a personal and political identity by treating the history of the civil rights movement as a usable past.

May 20, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Thomas J. Sugrue

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