Tragedy at Chappaquiddick Tragedy at Chappaquiddick
In a matter of hours, Mary Jo Kopechne lost her life and Ted Kennedy the presidency.
Sep 2, 2009 / The Editors
Auden’s Love Poem for Humanity Auden’s Love Poem for Humanity
The poet's "September 1, 1939" saw the start of World War II and declared: "We must love one another or die."
Sep 1, 2009 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols
A Music of Austerity: The Poetry of Wallace Stevens A Music of Austerity: The Poetry of Wallace Stevens
In his best poems, Wallace Stevens makes deprivation feel seductively like plenitude.
Aug 26, 2009 / Books & the Arts / James Longenbach
La Despedida: A Lost Memoir of the Spanish Civil War La Despedida: A Lost Memoir of the Spanish Civil War
A long-lost memoir of the Spanish Civil War moves jaggedly between boredom, fleeting triumphs and terror.
Aug 12, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Dan Kaufman
In the Theater of Isak Dinesen In the Theater of Isak Dinesen
A reconsideration of the fictive truths behind a storyteller's many masks.
Aug 12, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Joanna Scott
Where Were the Birthers Born? Where Were the Birthers Born?
...And on what planet?
Aug 12, 2009 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Bill Douglas Bill Douglas
Sidney Zion celebrates the courage and independence of the late Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas
Aug 12, 2009 / Sidney Zion
How He Got That Story How He Got That Story
The maverick opinions of a a maverick reporter.
Aug 12, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
King Cohn King Cohn
Roy Cohn was one of the most loathsome characters in American history, so why did he have so many influential friends?
Aug 12, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Robert Sherrill