Monthly Archive: May, 2008

May 13, 2008

Translating Sorrow: An Interview with Michael Berry

We know it must seem like we’re posting a lot about The Song of Everlasting Sorrow but we’re not the only ones excited about the book: Francine Prose praised the book in the New York Times Book Review and PRI’s...

May 12, 2008

Cynthia Ozick on Lionel Trilling

The New Republic has posted an article by Cynthia Ozick on Lionel Trilling on its Web site. In the piece, Ozick explores the impact of Trilling as a critic, his reception as a novelist, and the first-time publication of The...

May 9, 2008

Keith Woods on How the Media Has Covered Race in the Presidential Campaign

Earlier this week, Keith Woods, coauthor of The Authentic Voice: The Best Reporting on Race and Ethnicity, appeared on the Newshour to discuss how the media has covered and talked about the issue of race in this year’s presidential race....

May 8, 2008

The Sixtieth Anniversary of the Nakba: A Posting by Ahmad H. Sa’di and Lila Abu-Lughod

Ahmad H. Sa’di and Lila Abu-Lughod are the editors of Nakba: Palestine, 1948, and the Claims of Memory. Across the world, people are marking the sixtieth anniversary of the Palestinian’s “nakba” (catastrophe). The Palestine/ Israel conflict has occupied center stage...

May 8, 2008

Herve This's 10 Elements of Basic Kitchen Knowledge

In a recent interview in the Toronto Globe and Mail, Herve This discusses such matters as the difference between molecular gastronomy and molecular cooking, the relative importance of having the right equipment in your kitchen, and some of the scientific...

May 7, 2008

Infinity Through Language:A Conversation With Ch'oe Yun

The text of this interview with Ch’oe Yun ran in Korean Culture. Many thanks to Korean Culture for their permission to use the text here. Ch’oe Yun is the author of There a Petal Silently Falls: Three Stories. She will...

May 6, 2008

A Possible Peace between Israel and Palestine: A Posting from Menachem Klein

Menachem Klein is a senior lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Bar-Ilan University, Israel, and was a team member of the Geneva Initiative negotiations of 2003. He has advised both the Israeli government and the Israeli delegation for...

May 5, 2008

Music, Madness, and the Unworking of Language by John T. Hamilton event at Book Culture

In Music, Madness, and the Unworking of Language John Hamilton investigates the way literary, philosophical, and psychological treatments of music and madness challenge the limits of representation and create a crisis of language. Hamilton traces the linkage of music and...

May 5, 2008

The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: New York Times Book Review

This Sunday’s New York Times Book Review featured Francine Prose’s glowing review of Wang Anyi’s The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai. In the review Prose writes, “Wang Anyi’s complex and penetrating portrayal of her heroine … best...

May 2, 2008

The Politics of Chaos in the Middle East

Last Sunday, the New York Times Book Review weighed in on the new Olivier Roy book, The Politics of Chaos in the Middle East. Reviewed alongside Noah Feldman’s new book, the Times declares, “At only 167 pages, Roy’s book provides...

May 1, 2008

Springtime in Riverside Park: A Posting from Ed Grimm

Ed Grimm is the author of Riverside Park: The Splendid Sliver. It’s not as if Riverside Park hibernates all winter. The hardiest of the joggers and cyclists are out on its paths, children continue to flock to its 15 playgrounds,...