Cafe Society Cafe Society
Clive James's erudite new collection of essays celebrates the best of twentieth-century art, thought and politics.
Apr 26, 2007 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz
Stranger in the City Stranger in the City
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears tells the story of an Ethiopian immigrant's unrequited love affair with the American Dream.
Apr 26, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Tara Gallagher
Ferdinand VII Ferdinand VII
Whose astonishing wisdom led to preserving a statue of the monstrous Ferdinand VII in Havana?
Apr 26, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Gore Vidal
A Bring-the-Troops-Home Rally in Baghdad A Bring-the-Troops-Home Rally in Baghdad
Help for the troops might come from an unlikely source.
Apr 26, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Roads to Freedom Roads to Freedom
A rich crop of new books offers fresh insight into the ongoing struggle for civil rights in America.
Apr 24, 2007 / Books & the Arts / David L. Chappell
Ill Will Ill Will
The most durable piece of Nazi propaganda may yet turn out to be the belief that Leni Riefenstahl is an artistic genius.
Apr 19, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Charles Taylor
It’s Doom Alone That Counts It’s Doom Alone That Counts
Georges Simenon's remarkable output includes investigative journalism, hardboiled novellas and dark psychological novels.
Apr 19, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Marco Roth
The Saga of Paul Wolfowitz The Saga of Paul Wolfowitz
Rummy's fork-tongued understudy finally gets his.
Apr 19, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Hiss In History Hiss In History
Although many historians have condemned Alger Hiss as a Soviet spy, the facts of his story remain obscure.
Apr 18, 2007 / Editorial / Victor Navasky