Poetry, From Noun to Verb Poetry, From Noun to Verb
Nathaniel Mackey's most recent collection of subtle, intricate poetry weaves images from Arab and African diasporas with a contemporary sense of dislocation.
Aug 31, 2006 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella
Writers From the Other Asia Writers From the Other Asia
Four new books explore Korea's cold war hangover and the indelible mark left by its North-South division.
Aug 31, 2006 / Books & the Arts / John Feffer
All Governments (and Some Journalists) Lie All Governments (and Some Journalists) Lie
Democracy demands that journalists tell the truth. The success of liars like Bob Novak and Ann Coulter is a greater threat to America than a truck full of terrorists bent on doing ...
Aug 31, 2006 / Column / Eric Alterman
The Choice on Iraq The Choice on Iraq
Here's how Democrats should spin the biggest political question in the midterm elections.
Aug 31, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Bush Hushes Nation Bush Hushes Nation
He asks citizens "to quiet down for just one minute" so he could have "a chance to think."
Aug 30, 2006 / From The Onion / The Nation
Eat Drink Man Woman Eat Drink Man Woman
Three new books by Julia Child, Anthony Bourdain and Bill Buford chart the evolution of American cooking, from haute cuisine to the hot kitchen of Mario Batali.
Aug 24, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Matthew DeBord
A Sort of Homecoming A Sort of Homecoming
"The spell of Africa is upon me," wrote W.E.B. Du Bois in Liberia. Three new books document the enchantment and disenchantment of the continent for its descendants.
Aug 24, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Hazel Rowley
Presidential Eating Preferences Presidential Eating Preferences
Everyone knows what his predecessors liked for dinner. But there's one special dish we'd really like to serve George W. Bush.
Aug 24, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Inside the Alleged Mind of Bill O’Reilly Inside the Alleged Mind of Bill O’Reilly
Looking for a blast of hot air? Two intrepid literary critics venture deep into the steaming, muddy jungles of the Fox News pundit's award-losing prose.
Aug 22, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Joseph Minton Amann and Tom Breuer
The Strange Silence of Günter Grass The Strange Silence of Günter Grass
By concealing for a near-lifetime that he had served in the Waffen SS, literary giant Günter Grass treated himself with an indulgence he did not hesitate to deem a moral defec...
Aug 18, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Norman Birnbaum