From Oppressed to Oppressors
The Battle of Algiers took a pitiless look at the war for Algerian independence, but the filmmakers could not foresee the failures that would result
By Wendy Smith Monday, September 1, 2008
Immortality Gained
John Milton was not only a great poet, but also a great defender of liberty
By Jay Parini Monday, September 1, 2008
Milton: Poet, Pamphleteer, and Patriot By Anna Beer
Copyright Wrongs
When technology makes an illegal act easy, should the law make that act legal?
By Paul K. Saint-Amour Monday, September 1, 2008
Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy By Lawrence Lessig
How Special a Relationship?
Whether T.R. needed Edward VII to establish the United States as a world power
By Joshua Hawley Monday, September 1, 2008
The King and the Cowboy: Theodore Roosevelt and Edward the Seventh, Secret Partners By David Fromkin
The Censor in the Mirror
It’s not only what the Chinese Propaganda Department does to artists, but what it makes artists do to their own work
By Ha Jin Monday, September 1, 2008
The Torture Colony
In a remote part of Chile, an evil German evangelist built a utopia whose members helped the Pinochet regime perform its foulest deeds
By Bruce Falconer Monday, September 1, 2008
Apollo and Dionysus
Henri Cole combines the formal and the sensual
By Langdon Hammer Monday, September 1, 2008
The Resistance Fighter as Philosopher
Remembering Vladimir Jankélévitch
By Robert Zaretsky Thursday, February 27, 2025
“The Vow” by Yuliya Musakovska
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, February 25, 2025
In the Endless Arctic Light
A journey to the far north of Norway means confronting our changing climate
By Walter Nicklin Thursday, February 20, 2025
“Faustina, or, Rock Roses” by Elizabeth Bishop
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Family/History
David Levering Lewis digs into his own origin story
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, February 14, 2025
In the Lions’ Studio
A new dual biography turns the lens on the towering architects of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
By Noah Isenberg Thursday, February 13, 2025
Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equationby Kenneth Turan
