Monday, September 12 2011
A Compelling 9/11 Narrative From an Unlikely Source
If The 9/11 Commission Report has anything to tell us, it’s that here, too, narrative remains if not always consoling then essential -- a victory of humanity over fear.
The Strokes’ ‘Is This It’ Ten Years Later
After 9/11, the Strokes offered rock escapism, three minutes at a time and they were not just a rock band, they were a New York rock band.
Wednesday, February 9 2011
‘The Weekend’: Terrorism Without Any Terror
The Weekend is a light and superficial novel that side-steps the core issues of the subject matter, terrorism, leaving readers feeling still hungry after eating a full-course meal.
Thursday, January 13 2011
An American Microcosm Captured in Gish Jen’s ‘World and Town’
World and Town offers a bit of a microcosm of small town life and how it reacts to the transgressions of the rest of the world upon it.
Wednesday, October 27 2010
‘The Oath’: American Intelligence Gets it Wrong
With The Oath, director Laura Poitras highlights the contradictions and failures of America's "war on terror".
Wednesday, September 30 2009
The New American Spook Country
Spook Country is about America’s loss of innocence, its various ways of remembering the past, and an attempt to find a way of reconciling those memories with the present.
Friday, September 4 2009
A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
Moore’s reputation is for mastery of the short story. This book, almost 10 years in the making, should establish her as a master of the novel, as well.
