A Lame Duck President During the Presidential Primaries A Lame Duck President During the Presidential Primaries
Whatever happened to what's-his-name?
Jan 9, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Jinnah’s New Republic Jinnah’s New Republic
Seldom has a state been created under such contradictory pressures or with such a load of full-grown problems.
Jan 9, 2008 / Feature / Andrew Roth
The Dot Matrix The Dot Matrix
In I'jaam: An Iraqi Rhapsody, novelist Sinan Antoon explores themes of love, loss, identity and resistance in the face of political oppression.
Jan 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Laila Lalami
Fly Papers Fly Papers
An English translation of Lydie Salvayre's The Power of Flies demonstrates how this novelist and practicing psychiatrist has earned more nervous respect than love in France.
Jan 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Lorna Scott Fox
Castro Helps Chavez Avert a Coup Castro Helps Chavez Avert a Coup
An excerpt from Fidel Castro: My Life, a spoken autobiography.
Jan 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / The Nation
Mitt Romney As Doll Mitt Romney As Doll
Wonder what this guy is made of?
Jan 2, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin
A Human Pledge A Human Pledge
The most important American love poet in living memory, Robert Creeley celebrated the body and its ambivalent desires with a touch as light as a song.
Jan 2, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Susan Stewart
Amnesia at the Multiplex Amnesia at the Multiplex
Two films address US adventures in Afghanistan and Pakistan, with a big dose of historical amnesia, political pandering, moral superiority and outraged innocence.
Dec 30, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lakshmi Chaudhry
Car Talk Car Talk
A mock-heroic travelogue by Julio Cortázar and his wife captures the contemplative life on the road.
Dec 20, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Colin Fleming
Western Promises Western Promises
From the archive: A book by a former ICTY official offers a vivid insider's account of realpolitik at the Milosevic trial.
Dec 20, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Marc Perelman