Rearranging the Furniture Rearranging the Furniture
For prose scholar Viktor Shklovsky, who lived by the code of style and studied its depths, an unhappy love affair can be as much a personal tragedy as a plot device for more writin...
Oct 6, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Elif Batuman
A Hero for Our Time A Hero for Our Time
Critics have been trumpeting Benjamin Kunkel as the voice of his generation. But his first novel, Indecision, about a 28-year-old empty vessel, is little more than an empty vessel...
Oct 6, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Mark Lotto
Why Is Africa Still Poor? Why Is Africa Still Poor?
As Asian countries grow in economic power, Africa lags behind the developed world. Can it ever catch up? Will corruption, geography and disease continue to hold it back?
Oct 6, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Rice
The First Time Was Tragedy… The First Time Was Tragedy…
As the Bush Administration's incompetence turns Iraq into a terrorist training camp, Americans should look to FDR, who waged war for unavoidable threats, not ideology, while still ...
Oct 6, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
Blacklist=Blackmarket Blacklist=Blackmarket
Hollywood
Oct 3, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Dalton Trumbo
Fighting the Abyss Fighting the Abyss
Although The Aesthetics of Resistance delves into leftist notions of art and class struggle, this account of an anti-Nazi youth group in Germany seems outdated now.
Sep 29, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Noah Isenberg
A Devil’s Dictionary of Business A Devil’s Dictionary of Business
Had your fill of spin and flimflam about the greatness of corporate America? Here's the real truth about money, high finance and low, commerce, clever tricks, globalism and globalo...
Sep 27, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Nicholas von Hoffman
The Blank Verses The Blank Verses
A Rick Moody novel is generally about one thing and that is Rick Moody's ability to write very long, occasionally graceful sentences.
Sep 22, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood
In Search of Sam Cooke In Search of Sam Cooke
A womanizing gospel king and black-pride pop star, Sam Cooke led a short life filled with contradiction.
Sep 22, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Robert Christgau
The Red Cross: A Question of Competence The Red Cross: A Question of Competence
The Gulf Coast hurricanes have raised new questions about the integrity and competence of the American Red Cross to respond to national emergencies. In this report from The Nation...
Sep 21, 2005 / Feature / Linda Heller