Donald Rumsfeld: Still in Denial
Mark Danner reviews two books and a documentary film about Donald Rumsfeld in the January 9 edition of the New …
Category Archives: Books
Nick Turse with POW Phil Butler in Berkeley
Review of Kill Anything That Moves, here.
Gandhi as Community Organizer
A new two volume biography of Mohandas Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha looks to be a good addition. Reviewed in The …
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk — Bravo Squad Brought Home
Ben Fountain’s Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (2012) is one hell of a good book –in conception, language, characters and …
The Dentist as Observer – in Egypt
Alaa al Aswany, author of the remarkable novel, “The Yacoubian Building,” from which a very good 2006 film was made, …
The Timid Marine — a WW II Memoir
Joseph Lanciotti was a fifteen year old, setting pins in the local bowling alley of Lodi, New Jersey on Sunday, …
Tsunami Chant — A Poem by Wang Ping
Tsunami Chant By Wang Ping I’m not a singer, but please let me sing of the peacemakers on the streets …
The Elephants, a Poem by Natalie Diaz
I continue to be amazed by Natalie Diaz’ gifts. Last week I shared Cloud Watching with you, today it’s The …
Philomena: A Mother’s Ache in Ireland
I wasn’t quite sure I wanted to see Philomena, Stephen Frears latest movie. An hour and a half of suffering, …
Such a Long Journey — A Novel About Parsi India, 1972
I don’t know why I picked up Rohinton Mistry’s Such A Long Journey. Published and shortlisted for the Booker Prize …
Kill Anything that Moves: More Terrible Truth About War
Nick Turse’s Kill Anything That Moves:The Real American War in Vietnam, has been praised by virtually everyone who has read …
Cloud Watching, a Poem by Natalie Diaz
I have been reading Natalie Diaz, one poem at a time, one each morning as I’m waking. It’s her first …