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April 8, 2010 Issue
- 24 Articles
[+]
The Homer of the Ants
(Review)
Margaret Atwood
, pp. 6-9
Anthill, by Edward O. Wilson
Anthill
by Edward O. Wilson
The Money Fighting Health Care Reform
Michael Tomasky
, pp. 10-15
[+]
The Book of Guys
(Review)
Jennifer Schuessler
, pp. 16-17
The Ask, by Sam Lipsyte
The Ask
by Sam Lipsyte
[+]
The Corrupt Reign of Emperor Silvio
(5 Reviews)
Alexander Stille
, pp. 18-23
Papi: Uno Scandalo Politico, by Peter Gomez, Marco Lillo, and Marco Travaglio
Papi: Uno Scandalo Politico
by Peter Gomez, Marco Lillo, and Marco Travaglio
Il Regalo di Berlusconi
by Peter Gomez and Antonella Mascali
Gradisca, Presidente
by Patrizia D'Addario and Maddalena Tulanti
Guzzanti vs. Berlusconi
by Paolo Guzzanti
Videocracy (2010 Film)
by Erik Gandini
Lucky Breaks
Tony Judt
, pp. 24-27
[+]
Ardor in Amherst
(Review)
Joyce Carol Oates
, pp. 28-31
The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson, by Jerome Charyn
The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson
by Jerome Charyn
Britain: The Disgrace of the Universities
Anthony T. Grafton
, p. 32
[+]
The Strange Charms of John Cheever
(4 Reviews)
Edmund White
, pp. 33-35
Cheever: A Life, by Blake Bailey
Cheever: A Life
by Blake Bailey
Collected Stories and Other Writings
by John Cheever
Complete Novels
by John Cheever
Fall River and Other Uncollected Stories
by John Cheever and Franklin H. Dennis
Our New Tower in London
Martin Filler
, p. 36
[+]
Communists and Nazis: Just as Evil?
(Review)
John Gray
, pp. 37-39
On Compromise and Rotten Compromises, by Avishai Margalit
On Compromise and Rotten Compromises
by Avishai Margalit
[+]
Agains the North Wall
(Review)
John Banville
, pp. 40-41
Point Omega, by Don DeLillo
Point Omega
by Don DeLillo
They Did Authorize Torture, But...
David Cole
, pp. 42-43
[+]
A Great, Neglected Victory
(Review)
Jonathan Israel
, pp. 44-49
Going Dutch, by Lisa Jardine
Going Dutch
by Lisa Jardine
[+]
On Moon River
(Review)
Brad Leithauser
, pp. 50-53
The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer, by Robert Kimball, Barry Day, Miles Kreuger, and ...
The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer
by Robert Kimball, Barry Day, Miles Kreuger, and Eric Davis, ...
[+]
Can They Stop the Great Recession?
(2 Reviews)
Jeff Madrick
, pp. 54-57
Freefall, by Joseph E. Stiglitz
Freefall
by Joseph E. Stiglitz
The Sellout
by Charles Gasparino
The Best Faces of the Enlightenment
Willibald Sauerlander
, pp. 58-61
[+]
Quiet, Shattering, Perfect
(Review)
Deborah Eisenberg
, pp. 62-66
Skylark, by Dezso Kosztolanyi
Skylark
by Dezso Kosztolanyi
[+]
The Ultimate Reader
(2 Reviews)
John Gross
, pp. 67-69
The Library at Night, by Alberto Manguel
The Library at Night
by Alberto Manguel
A Reader on Reading
by Alberto Manguel
[+]
How Black & White America Took Shape
(2 Reviews)
Edmund S. Morgan and Marie Morgan
, pp. 70-74
The Making of African America, by Ira Berlin
The Making of African America
by Ira Berlin
The History of White People
by Nell Irvin Painter
[+]
Poets Haunted by Poets
(Review)
Adam Kirsch
, pp. 75-79
True Friendship, by Christopher Ricks
True Friendship
by Christopher Ricks
[+]
The Greatest of the Saint-Kings?
(Review)
Eamon Duffy
, pp. 80-83
Saint Louis, by Jacques Le Goff
Saint Louis
by Jacques Le Goff
[+]
Radical, Modern Hofmannsthal
(Review)
Charles Rosen
, pp. 84-87
The Whole Difference, by Hugo von Hofmannsthal and J.D. McClatchy
The Whole Difference
by Hugo von Hofmannsthal and J.D. McClatchy
'Health Care: Who Knows Best?': An Exchange
Jerome Groopman, Matthew Pincus, and Richard Ganz, ...
, p. 88
Letters
David Ball, Dan Smith, Tony Judt, and Stuart H. Loory, ...
, pp. 89-92
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