Hamilton Explains Hamilton Explains
How Alexander Hamilton "fell into as difficult a position as a public man has ever known, and extricated himself by means which show how much the conventional standards of morals h...
Mar 18, 2008 / The Editors
The Experts Speak on Iraq The Experts Speak on Iraq
To mark the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War, some daily inspiration from the experts who led us there.
Mar 17, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Victor Navasky and Christopher Cerf
Final Fantasy Final Fantasy
Susan Faludi's Terror Dream made a provocative splash, but therapy is no substitute for understanding reality.
Mar 17, 2008 / Books & the Arts / David Waldstreicher
Tracing Slavery’s Past Tracing Slavery’s Past
On the bicentennial of the abolition of the slave trade, a documentarian tries to come to grips with her family's history in the trade.
Mar 14, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Te-Ping Chen
Un Lio Bestial Un Lio Bestial
In his poetry Roberto Bolaño gave himself over to the subversive, to antiheroes, ballad and saga.
Mar 13, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Forrest Gander
Windows Into the Night Windows Into the Night
The collected nonfiction of Roberto Bolaño is a treasure trove filled with straw and dust, jewels and gold.
Mar 13, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Marcela Valdes
A Garden of Monsters A Garden of Monsters
The imaginary fascists in Roberto Bolaño's ironic encyclopedia Nazi Literature in the Americas bear a complex relationship to reality.
Mar 13, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Carmen Boullosa
Democrats Bid a Fond Farewell to Mike Huckabee Democrats Bid a Fond Farewell to Mike Huckabee
Saying goodbye to the Republicans' funniest candidate.
Mar 12, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Professing Literature in 2008 Professing Literature in 2008
Why is the intellectual agenda of English departments being set by teenagers?
Mar 11, 2008 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz
Eulogy for an Independent Bookstore Eulogy for an Independent Bookstore
No chain stores or web sites can replace Dutton's in the hearts of the LA literati.
Mar 10, 2008 / Feature / Jessica Teich