Alone Among the Ghosts: Roberto Bolano’s ‘2666’ Alone Among the Ghosts: Roberto Bolano’s ‘2666’
Roberto Bolaño's last novel, 2666, is his most profound exploration of art and infamy, craft and crime, the writer and the totalitarian state.
Nov 19, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Marcela Valdes
Obama Reaches Out to Former Foes Obama Reaches Out to Former Foes
Team of rivals for the twenty-first century.
Nov 19, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Saturday Night Live’s Biden Blunder Scale Saturday Night Live’s Biden Blunder Scale
You don't think Joe Biden can give a train-wreck interview with Katie Couric? Just name the time and the place and he will bring the train.
Nov 17, 2008 / Saturday Night Live
The Vietnam Exposé That Wasn’t The Vietnam Exposé That Wasn’t
The untold story of US-perpetrated atrocities in Vietnam and how the press killed it.
Nov 13, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Nick Turse
Out of Africa: The Traps of Safari Journalism Out of Africa: The Traps of Safari Journalism
Two new books by African writers share many flaws with their Western predecessors.
Nov 13, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Fatin Abbas
City of Shards: The Novels of Elias Khoury City of Shards: The Novels of Elias Khoury
Elias Khoury and the literature of witness.
Nov 13, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Siddhartha Deb
Obama Needs a Protest Movement Obama Needs a Protest Movement
A grassroots push for reform can make Obama a great president.
Nov 13, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Frances Fox Piven
A My Lai a Month A My Lai a Month
In Operation Speedy Express, new evidence of civilian slaughter and cover-up in Vietnam.
Nov 13, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Nick Turse
Remembering Studs Remembering Studs
Studs Terkel's longtime publisher looks back on the historian's remarkable career.
Nov 13, 2008 / Books & the Arts / André Schiffrin
On the Trashing of Sarah Palin On the Trashing of Sarah Palin
It wasn't her idea, was it?
Nov 12, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin