North Carolina-born poet Tony Hoagland (What Narcissism Means to Me), who is well-regarded and lauded in the poetry world (which is hardly ever confused as the real world), might have titled his new long-awaited collection (Unincorporated Persons in the Late Honda Dynasty, Graywolf Press) something along the
Bob Bennett on how the Tea Partiers are unwittingly following Carter, all the while invoking Reagan. How musicians can beat the high cost of downloading: Charge fans to hang out with them. Esquire's Massa profile skips the gay question, but uncovers a juicy story about Petraeus and treason.
It’s the water cooler show of the decade, and now that it’s over, the world is left with questions—the foremost being, “That’s what they came up with?” Whether or not you watched the show, you know about it. You know there’s an island. You know
Like the pensive, cautionary nature-boys in her new paintings, Julie Heffernan cobbles together tokens and symbols to create a natural world as beautiful as it is gentle.
Kandahar 1989, 1996, and Kandahar now--still centuries from Western civilization. The Gates-Clinton axis: D.C.'s "only important center of gravity outside 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue." Video: Farmers turn Paris's Champs-Elysees green. Documents find Israel offering to sell South Africa nuclear warheads in
Summer approaches, travel increases—and some people will kill you for photographing butterflies. Here’s recent news on sightseeing, from Bangkok to Lars von Trier.
Clinton condemns North Korea's torpedo and packs for a trip to China. Your Saturday-morning long read is on the state of Egyptian politics, or, "Mubarak's Last Breath." It's not about politics, it's just the story of a boy. "
The pantheon of chanteuses whose voices and phrasing could jackhammer your buried feelings from the tomb of defenses that life inevitably creates is not especially large—but its members are truly gifted in rising out of harrowing narratives to give unique voice to grief, torment, and tribulation. Nina Simone, Edith
Scientists discover chunk of missing universe 400 million light years away. Mp3s of the original BBC Radio broadcast of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. New electric cars have the same range--on one charge--as a car from 1908. Video: A two-year-old who knows his
What is it about summer that attracts both Eisenhower and the recently engaged? A consideration of the striking similarities between weddings and wars.
