Pursuit of Happiness Pursuit of Happiness
Christopher Nolan's Inception; Todd Solondz's Life During Wartime; Samuel Maoz's Lebanon
Aug 11, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
After Sappho (The Volcano) After Sappho (The Volcano)
The clouds mock me with their mimicry of continental land-masses. Chimerae. An atmospheric shield of tiny silicates separates the mother from her sons, roses from wholesalers.
Aug 11, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko
Tony Judt: 1948–2010 Tony Judt: 1948–2010
The Nation mourns the passing of Tony Judt, a historian and intellectual whose acumen, courage and range are renowned, profound and an inspiration.
Aug 8, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Eyal Press
Adieu, Tony Hayward Adieu, Tony Hayward
The gaffe-prone BP exec's wishes are coming true.
Jul 29, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Change Comes to Nixonland Change Comes to Nixonland
Will the Nixon Library actually portray Watergate accurately?
Jul 29, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
Noted. Noted.
Katrina vanden Heuvel on the passing of Iris Dornfeld McWilliams; Rajeshree Sisodia on new accountability for energy firms.
Jul 29, 2010 / Editorial / The Editors
Changing Places Changing Places
The double book-keeping of Christopher Hitchens.
Jul 28, 2010 / Books & the Arts / D.D. Guttenplan
Breaking News Breaking News
Amid a conflicting report a nuthatch fetches a black fly, dips its plume in stagnant pool. This is a sky drawn, grafted, rescued, not a bath of vapors an afternoon shutters with counterfeit meaning. It is just an incident within a field of possibility, something periodic and bruised, one location in which we grip that instant of contact. Upstream a scarecrow is ragged in the wounding, a music of terror barely rises above the slopes, reft with nothing but its melody's radius, the slow ancient call of the bird in the distant flicker.
Jul 28, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Matthew Gagnon
A Wedge Against Tyranny A Wedge Against Tyranny
Franklin Roosevelt v. the Supreme Court.
Jul 28, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Michael O’Donnell
The High Wire The High Wire
In the stories of Deborah Eisenberg, life keeps piling up, unsolved and unsolvable.
Jul 28, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker