Excursions in the Real World Excursions in the Real World

Why is so much fiction written in our language and why is so much of what is written of so little consequence?

Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Patrick Smith

‘The Heart’s Garden’ ‘The Heart’s Garden’

The day that Kenneth Rexroth died was not a dark, cold day.

Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella

What Would Jesus Do? What Would Jesus Do?

It's easy to find fault with Blue Shoe, Anne Lamott's sixth novel.

Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Charlotte Innes

Taslima’s Pilgrimage Taslima’s Pilgrimage

"A war was about to start. Knots of wide-eyed people gathered in courtyards, in open fields, on street corners....

Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Meredith Tax

Sociobiology and You Sociobiology and You

If Steven Pinker's latest 500-page treatise on the brain, The Blank Slate, serves any wider purpose in the popular discussion of science issues, it will, one hopes, be the fina...

Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Steven Johnson

The Right Way to Have Sex The Right Way to Have Sex

Debbie Nathan is an attendee of Feminist Futures, a New York-based study group whose organizers include Leonore Tiefer.

Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Debbie Nathan

A Nation at Risk A Nation at Risk

A year ago Congress overwhelmingly approved George W.

Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Peter Sacks

The Real IRA The Real IRA

This is the best book yet written about the Provisional Irish Republican Army.

Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Eamonn McCann

Rockin’ in the Free World Rockin’ in the Free World

In a weapons producing nation under Jesus
In the fabled crucible of the free world
Camera crews search for clues amid the detritus
And entertainment shapes the land