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After Troy

Not quite putting on what little power or knowledge
pigeons lay claim to, she nonetheless bids them come.
Launched off cornices,

Apr 13, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Various Contributors

Semper Fi, But Why? Semper Fi, But Why?

Were I to tell you that Rules of Engagement features a protracted fistfight between Samuel L.

Apr 13, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

The Compleat Walker The Compleat Walker

Shortly before he died, Bruce Chatwin found God. This was on top of Mount Athos, after which he left for Katmandu. Looking down from the bees and grapes, he had seen an iron cros...

Apr 13, 2000 / Books & the Arts / John Leonard

Passages to India Passages to India

In the early 1920s, E.M.

Apr 5, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Amitava Kumar

Her Own Lambs and Falcons Her Own Lambs and Falcons

It really is about time we had the letters of Rebecca West.

Apr 5, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Georgette Fleischer

Talking ‘Anarchy’ With Chomsky Talking ‘Anarchy’ With Chomsky

Noam Chomsky is a longtime political activist, writer and professor of linguistics at MIT.

Apr 5, 2000 / Books & the Arts / David Barsamian

He Took a Village He Took a Village

In the role of New Yorker writer Joseph Mitchell--source and subject alike of Joe Gould's Secret--Stanley Tucci adopts the hesitant drawl of a displaced Southern aristocrat, who ...

Apr 5, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Decline of the West Decline of the West

"I just wanted to give a taste of what it feels like to be two-sided," said Sam Shepard, explaining his motivation for writing True West. "It's a real thing, double nature.

Apr 5, 2000 / Books & the Arts / David Yaffe

The New U The New U

While the public has been napping, the American university has been busily reinventing itself.

Mar 30, 2000 / Books & the Arts / David Kirp

Touched by an Angel Touched by an Angel

Tilman Riemenschneider

Mar 30, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto

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