Robert Birnbaum

Robert Birnbaum is editor-at-large at Identity Theory. All the sketchy details of his life will be (re)fabricated in his memoir-in-progress, “Just Talking: How to Do Things With Words.”

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13 Oct 2009

War, What Is It Good For?

In her new novel, Ana Menéndez considers the warrior versus the poet.

13 Oct 2009

Pants on Fire

Audiences should note the racially charged tale at the heart of Oscar Bennett’s new novel.

09 Oct 2009

Nightime, the Right Time?

The story of a shattered family’s harrowing world is made readable by a fine writer.

07 Oct 2009

Eyes Have It

For Lynn Hirschberg, a Dan Winters monograph raises concerns over photography as commerce.

07 Oct 2009

Hand Me That Rake

A “Ramparts” magazine retrospective is a reminder of the eroded state of contemporary journalism.

06 Oct 2009

Remembrance of Things Past

Books that address the unquestionable (and questionable) legacy of Ted Kennedy.

04 Oct 2009

The New Morality

A pair of books shows us the current state of benevolence.

04 Oct 2009

Everything New Is Old

The best kind of history is the kind that stitches together 200 essays.

04 Oct 2009

Rats in the Cathedral

Stephen Norwood exposes Nazi sympathies at American universities during the 1930s.

04 Oct 2009

New York City Books

Two books join the ongoing, relentless celebration of the city as the center of the universe.