Rabbit’s Revenge Rabbit’s Revenge
Time-honored traditions of Christianity are being challenged by scientists and scholars questioning the motives of Jesus, Judas and the power of prayer.
Apr 10, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
The World According to Karen Finley The World According to Karen Finley
Performance artist Karen Finley answers questions about politics, satire and her new book, a fantasy affair between George W. Bush and Martha Stewart.
Apr 7, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Bryan Farrell
The Odd Couple The Odd Couple
In Sound and Fury, sportswriter Dave Kindred examines the intersecting lives of Muhammad Ali and Howard Cosell.
Apr 6, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Gene Seymour
Inside Man Inside Man
In America at the Crossroads, Francis Fukuyama critiques the neoconservative movement and its disastrous defense of the Iraq War. But he remains fully committed to the unchecked us...
Apr 6, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Perry Anderson
Strangers in the Land Strangers in the Land
Human Cargo and The Rights of Others chronicle the plight of refugees and migrants, revealing how seemingly simple moral positions can assume toxic political form.
Mar 23, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Corey Robin
Brother From Another Planet Brother From Another Planet
If you missed the 1995 CUNY "Question of Identity" conference, the issue of October magazine devoted to it, the "remarkable" essay on the same subject in Diacritics or--even wo...
Mar 23, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Russell Jacoby
Experimental Art Experimental Art
Alan Lightman makes scientists into artists in his new book The Discoveries, promoting original journal articles as "the great novels and symphonies of science."
Mar 16, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Foer
Crowds and Power Crowds and Power
In Death in the Haymarket James Green uses the story of the Haymarket riot to expose the hopes and fears of nineteenth-century America, a nation living on the knife-edge of social ...
Mar 16, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Steve Fraser
Will Greenspan Tell the Truth? Will Greenspan Tell the Truth?
A Greenspan memoir will do fine in the marketplace. It is the kind of Important Book daughters buy for father's birthday. In the unlikely event Greenspan tells the truth, it would ...
Mar 8, 2006 / Books & the Arts / William Greider
Life Is Sweet Life Is Sweet
Federico Fellini: His Life And Work effaces nearly everything written about the great Italian director, offering a distinct critical analysis and an absorbing account of his privat...
Mar 2, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Peter Cowie