The Unexamined Life The Unexamined Life
Sean Wilsey's new memoir is a vulnerable, aching, unresolved account of growing up rich amid San Francisco's high society.
Aug 11, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Lee Siegel
Spectacle Spectacle
Recent movies including War of the Worlds and Land of the Dead reflect today's political landscape.
Aug 11, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Richard Goldstein
The Buzz and the Fury The Buzz and the Fury
Faulkner does Oprah.
Aug 4, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Richard Lingeman
Fables of the Reconstruction Fables of the Reconstruction
The Informant and Son of the Rough South examine the dynamics of moral choice through the lens of the civil rights movement.
Jul 28, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Diane McWhorter
The Treason of the Clerics The Treason of the Clerics
Foucault and the Iranian Revolution details the story of Foucault's induction into journalism as a political correspondent in Iran.
Jul 28, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Rée
Apple’s America Apple’s America
In high school I suffered from a case of unrequited admiration; a favorite teacher barely knew my name.
Jul 21, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Natasha Degen
Willing Executioners Willing Executioners
Machete Season is an attempt to trace what went on in the minds of the Hutus who helped exterminate their Tutsi fellow citizens in Rwanda.
Jul 14, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Fatin Abbas
No Exit Strategy No Exit Strategy
Two new books examine what went wrong in the planning and conduct of the war in Iraq.
Jul 14, 2005 / Books & the Arts / David Rieff
Mother Nature’s Son Mother Nature’s Son
Novalis's unfinished novel is a kaleidoscope of visions and allegories of nature.
Jun 29, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Ross Benjamin
Prosaic Judgments Prosaic Judgments
Adam Kirsch prefers his own ideas about poetry to actual poems.
Jun 29, 2005 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella