Books and Ideas

Stephen Hadley Says an Olympic Boycott Is a ‘Cop-out’ on the Tibet Issue Compared With Our ‘Quiet Diplomacy’ With China Stephen Hadley Says an Olympic Boycott Is a ‘Cop-out’ on the Tibet Issue Compared With Our ‘Quiet Diplomacy’ With China

Just keep it coming.

Apr 16, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Iraq’s Ruined Library Soldiers On Iraq’s Ruined Library Soldiers On

Five years ago this week, US troops stood by as mobs sacked Iraq's revered National Library and Archives. Despite little outside help, a cultural treasure soldiers on.

Apr 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / R.H. Lossin

Man Out of Time Man Out of Time

In Hari Kunzru's captivating new novel My Revolutions, a former anti-Vietnam terrorist is dredged up after half a lifetime underground.

Apr 9, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Mark Sorkin

Where Now? Let’s Go! Where Now? Let’s Go!

The nonsensical funhouse of Donald Barthelme's fiction celebrates the cosmic joke of life and the pathos of grappling with it.

Apr 9, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Joanna Scott

Filling Mark Penn’s Somewhat Mucky Shoes Filling Mark Penn’s Somewhat Mucky Shoes

Don't these people ever learn?

Apr 8, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Loss Lieder Loss Lieder

It's National Poetry Month, and that means cooked meat.

Apr 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko

Suffragist City Suffragist City

Two new books examine the history of the first women's rights campaign.

Apr 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Mary Beth Norton

Seems Like Old Times Seems Like Old Times

This week's episode: Dieter Countryman reminisces about the good ol' days of selling the first Gulf War; Connie Waller gets his freak on in Vegas.

Apr 7, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Gary Phillips

A Neo-Deal A Neo-Deal

The new positive rights of the twenty-first century.

Apr 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / William Alexander Organek

A Modern Government A Modern Government

We must embrace the universal benefits of a government dedicated to preparing citizens for acompetitive and unpredictable world.

Apr 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Max Rose

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