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Should “America” only include the United States? Does art criticism matter when it doesn’t account for emotions? A conversation with author Alberto Manguel about working with Borges and responding to paintings.
The New World was filled with many threats, dangers, and unseen evil—all of which sailed over in the form of one man: Cornelis Van Tienhoven, the bad sheriff of New Amsterdam.
Conan O’Brien’s recent comedy bits about Finland earned him that country’s adulation; his trip there for a one-hour special—airing tonight—sealed the deal. What the unlikely matchup means for one writer’s family.
Politics can be dangerous in some parts of Africa, but childhood can be even more risky. A conversation with Uzodinma Iweala about what’s breaking the continent apart—and what’s holding it together.
When musician and producer Andres Levin plays with sound, he doesn’t only create music, he fuses cultures.
Author and Columbia professor Andrew Delbanco, named by Time as “America’s Best Social Critic,” talks about his new Melville biography—one that’s actually enjoyable to read.
Strings, branes, and baryogenesis—our man in Boston is guided through contemporary science by one of the country’s top theoretical physicists, Lisa Randall.
While the publishing world freaks out over false memoirs, who better to speak about truth in writing than an author with the same name as his protagonist?
Reality TV isn’t for the weak of ego, or the merely normal; to succeed, you must be “super-normal.” Talking to some of the industry’s most infamous offspring about their lives after the show—and the psychologists who were responsible for vetting them in the first place.
Tens of thousands of American soldiers are in Iraq, but only a handful of U.S. journalists are covering the story from the inside. One of them, George Packer, talks about bravery, ideology, and changing opinions.
Acclaimed bassist Bill Laswell has his own way of making music, and these days it involves some serious drum and bass. One performance, and a life’s work.
American business has preserved the conformity of the ‘50s but ditched the job security—what happened? A conversation about the terror of applying for jobs when experience doesn’t matter.