Jacob Weisberg contends that George W. Bush's relationship with his father “lies at the very core of the second Bush presidency and...

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How émigré artists did, and sometimes didn’t, adjust to life and work in America.

I feel shamefaced that it's taken me so long to read Ian McEwan's Atonement. As I said earlier, I was halfway through it when I was asked to review or proofread something else...

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While “The Maddening Truth” is fascinating as a character study, its weakness as a play is the paucity of dramatic conflict.

Robert Pinsky’s work speaks to us in our common language and relates that language to our hopes as citizens.

A history of the Donner party incorporates new scientific evidence.

Lee Siegel looks at the way the Internet is reshaping American culture — and doesn’t like what he sees.

Reading a new book is like checking in to a cheap hotel in a foreign city: you plan to spend a lot of time in there, but have no real idea how happy you will be until you've...

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We meant to mention this earlier but it got lost in a haze of Theraflu ... at long last, The Atlantic online is fully available, free of charge - and that includes archives. ...

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The NBCC has rechristened its "Best Recommended List."  The new iteration?  The much catchier GoodReads.  Which is a good reminder to alert you all to an event I will be moderating on Tuesday evening at Sky...

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