The Good Shepard
Sam Shepard’s new anthology of short fiction offers his trademark humor and lyricism.
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A collection of 14233 issues
25 January 2010: Morning
Lebanese officials rule out terrorism in the crash of an Ethiopian airliner. Bin Laden claims credit for Christmas bomb plot; U.S. officials say no, plot originated with an offshoot group in Yemen. Photo tour of Guantanamo Bay, including interrogation rooms, open-air cells, and the local dump. Laws limiting
25 January 2010: Afternoon
"Chemical Ali," Saddam's brother who ordered a gas attack that killed 5,000, executed after fourth death sentence. Spectacular CNN wraparound video of Port-au-Prince. Danticat: "My cousin Maxo has died. The house that I called home during my visits to Haiti collapsed on
Compulsive Knitting
Three years ago, Daniela Edburg’s highly stylized photos of women dead from consumption of sweets and snack foods brought humor to classic portraiture and film noir.
Big Troubles
A novel set in mid-’50s Cyprus as a military couple and an empire experience dramatic change.
22 January 2010: Weekend
Learning from Katrina, White House's Haiti PR effort includes an effective "ticktock." Geithner's influence in the White House may have slipped during the rise of Volcker. Krauthammer: You would think lefties could discern a proletarian vanguard when they see one. Op: Haiti was already
Turn On, Tune In, and Drop Out Redux
Arguing for Leary’s influential change agency.
Dead of State
Where politics and democracy fail, nature eventually wins. A number of tyrants and world leaders are currently sick. Ranking the illest.
Star Black
Star Black is a poet, photographer, and collage artist living and working in New York City. She’s released five books of poems, has taught at The New School and Stony Brook University, and lectured at the Bennington Writing Seminars. An exhibit featuring her collages in hand-made books will
Ask Not for Whom the Bomb Ticks
Nick Flynn’s obsessions dovetail and compel.