Swing Time: On Morris Dickstein Swing Time: On Morris Dickstein
Morris Dickstein's elegant cultural history of the Great Depression.
Feb 4, 2010 / Books & the Arts / D.D. Guttenplan
The Smallest The Smallest
It is in front of the tree. The houses around the windows are lit by it, it turns off and goes upon knees and wherever the bone is almost next to the skin. It has been defamed. It will become undernourished. It is not without end. It is not. It is not what you can let happen, or cause to happen, or has anything at all to do with happening. It happens as it exists without effect. It is the pure in pure mathematics. It is the sully in unsullied rain. It is the pain in painfully. It is also the fully. It is the light in highlight and headlight, the head in headland, the towering in towers, trees, the outstretched in shadows of mountains on plains and lakes. It is not the water in the lake, however, it is not cupped. If it exists, it is unaware of it. It could name itself however, and does. It contains alphabets. It is infinite and therefore the smallest thing.
Feb 3, 2010 / Books & the Arts / James Schuyler
Note to ESPN’s Jemele Hill: Tim Tebow is not Muhammad Ali Note to ESPN’s Jemele Hill: Tim Tebow is not Muhammad Ali
First let me put my cards on the table. I consider Jemele Hill, sports columnist for ESPN.com to be as incisive and interesting as they come. She has been a frequent and fearless g...
Feb 3, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Dave Zirin
Remembering Howard Zinn Remembering Howard Zinn
Friends of The Nation and of Howard Zinn offer recollections of the man, his work, and his impact on thinkers and activists.
Feb 1, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Various Contributors
Say No to CBS’s Anti-Choice Super Bowl Ad Say No to CBS’s Anti-Choice Super Bowl Ad
The broadcast networks that air the Super Bowl have historically rejected advocacy ads. Yet CBS, which is airing the Super Bowl this year, has accepted an anti-choice ad by the ult...
Jan 31, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Dave Zirin
Slacker Thursday Slacker Thursday
In these past weeks, we've lost J.D. Salinger, Howard Zinn, Louis Auchincloss, Robert Parker and Kate McGarrigle, Eric Rohmer, all of whom meant a great deal to me at one point o...
Jan 28, 2010 / Blog / Eric Alterman
Back Talk: Terry Castle Back Talk: Terry Castle
A conversation with the author of The Professor about her affair with an older woman and the journals of Susan Sontag.
Jan 28, 2010 / Back Talk Conversations / Christine Smallwood
Under Siege: On Emma Williams Under Siege: On Emma Williams
A poignant memoir about life in the occupied territories during the second intifada.
Jan 28, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Charles Glass
Shelf Life Shelf Life
Joseph Stiglitz's Freefall, Mark Weiss's The Whole Island and Robert Darnton's The Case for Books.
Jan 28, 2010 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella