The End of the Affair The End of the Affair
It's been a while since Cuba, that caiman-shaped Caribbean isle, ceased to be a place on the map.
Feb 26, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Achy Obejas
The Wages of Fear The Wages of Fear
Lyndon Johnson launched the War on Poverty in his State of the Union Message exactly forty years ago.
Feb 26, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Katherine S. Newman
JC’s Resurrection JC’s Resurrection
The story of American popular music contains several moments when a career that has gone south is dramatically resurrected before an awed and grateful public.
Feb 19, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Hedin
The Last Emperors The Last Emperors
If Winston Churchill is today the icon of an American right that denounced the "appeasement" of Iraq, Charles de Gaulle is the inspiration for some of those who continue to urge ...
Feb 19, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Richard Vinen
Brown Like Me? Brown Like Me?
The Iowa Brown and Black Forum.
Feb 19, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Ed Morales
What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
John Hess, who, it should be said, is one of The Nation's oldest friends and severest critics, once complained to me about an "editor's choice" blurb I'd written, which containe...
Feb 18, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Richard Lingeman
May Fools May Fools
Bernardo Bertolucci has long fed off a cinephilia he appears to despise.
Feb 12, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Killing Time Killing Time
From its unification in 1871 until its comprehensive defeat in 1945, Germany was the most bellicose and nationalistic of modern countries.
Feb 12, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Kunkel
Company Man Company Man
The name Shakespeare in Britain is rather like the names Ford, Disney and Rockefeller in the United States. He is less an individual than an institution, less an artist than an a...
Feb 12, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Terry Eagleton
Bush Family Values Bush Family Values
It's hard to know which is more interesting: the latest book by Kevin Phillips or Phillips himself.
Feb 12, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Elizabeth Drew