More Bitter Fruit More Bitter Fruit
Six years ago, in 1996, the government of Guatemala and the guerrilla groups it had fought bitterly for thirty-six years signed an ambitious set of peace accords.
Oct 24, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Peter Canby
What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
“It’s hard to imagine a more boring book” than Robinson Crusoe, declares Gilles Deleuze, “it’s sad to see children still reading it.
Oct 18, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Sandy McCroskey
Did the CIA Blow the Call? Did the CIA Blow the Call?
Shortly after Ronald Reagan became President of the United States, the nation's capital got a second morning newspaper. Eventually, Dr. Ronald Goodwin, formerly the Rev.
Oct 17, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Dusko Doder
Prairie Home Companion Prairie Home Companion
When the University of Nebraska Press sent my review copy of the Selected Short Stories of Weldon Kees with a note asking that I please accept the book with the compliments of ...
Oct 17, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Kathy Rooney
Fire at Will Fire at Will
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Oct 17, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
Raceball in Boston Raceball in Boston
Any fan who over the years has attended a baseball game at Boston's Fenway Park notices how few African-Americans are in the stands.
Oct 10, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Louis P. Masur
Letter to America Letter to America
We must contain terror and protect its victims through extending human rights law.
Oct 10, 2002 / Feature / Mary Kaldor
Racism: Coded as Culture? Racism: Coded as Culture?
This book makes a good case for racism--the word, not the ideology. What necessitated a defense?
Oct 10, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Paul Reitter
The Laboratories of Democracy The Laboratories of Democracy
Nothing is more galling to scientists than outsiders questioning their research priorities.
Oct 10, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Kimmelman
Of Jazz and Brave Ulysses Of Jazz and Brave Ulysses
Near the end of Jazz Modernism, Alfred Appel Jr.
Oct 3, 2002 / Books & the Arts / David Yaffe