Trilling’s Sandbags: Lionel Trilling’s Critical Essays Trilling’s Sandbags: Lionel Trilling’s Critical Essays
Re-reading a literary critic who regarded intelligence as a moral imperative.
Dec 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stefan Collini
Jarring Bottles: The Paintings of Giorgio Morandi Jarring Bottles: The Paintings of Giorgio Morandi
The paintings of Giorgio Morandi render new meaning to the term natura morta.
Dec 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Bush Labor Department Hurries to Change Toxic Substance Rules Before Obama Takes Office Bush Labor Department Hurries to Change Toxic Substance Rules Before Obama Takes Office
White House duck vs. the coal-mine canary.
Dec 2, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin
‘Lost as Food and Won as a Coast’ ‘Lost as Food and Won as a Coast’
Is a new, computer-generated poetry anthology as intriguing--and boring--as the lifework of any fairly prolific poet?
Dec 2, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Beyond the Bailout State Beyond the Bailout State
If original thinking doesn't find a home among the Obama administration's Clinton-era Brainiacs, how can we move beyond the bailout state?
Dec 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Steve Fraser
Unconditional Love Song Unconditional Love Song
Later she would remember it started to pour the storm blew everything out before the coffee finished its brew and she could finish reading a report on some boys holed up in a derelict house after stoning a swan to death she wrapped her head in a towel and sat down by the open window even though the sound of the river was not there the memory of the sound was even though her husband did not appear in the door talking to her about the day ahead the day ahead was there
Nov 25, 2008 / Books & the Arts / C.D. Wright
The Three Bozos of the Apocalypse The Three Bozos of the Apocalypse
The automotive jet set goes to Washington.
Nov 25, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Saturday Night Live Parodies Rahm Emanuel Saturday Night Live Parodies Rahm Emanuel
President-elect Obama's Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, has a message for you: Be afraid, be very afraid.
Nov 24, 2008 / Saturday Night Live
Obama Obsessed Fans Go Into Withdrawal Obama Obsessed Fans Go Into Withdrawal
Obama's candidacy was the only thing that gave their lives any meaning, now they wander aimlessly, unsure of what to do with themselves.
Nov 21, 2008 / The Onion
How Wood Works: The Riches and Limits of James Wood How Wood Works: The Riches and Limits of James Wood
James Wood may be the best literary critic we have, but the status he enjoys reveals just how far we have fallen.
Nov 19, 2008 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz