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October 5, 2011

Kashmir: Journey to Freedom — A Film by Udi Aloni

When Udi Aloni comes to New York to discuss his new book What Does a Jew Want? On Binationalism and Other Specters he will also be screening and talking about two of his films, Local Angel: Theological Political Fragments and...

October 5, 2011

Kenneth Goldsmith in The Believer

Interest in Kenneth Goldsmith and his new book Uncreative Writing: Managing Language in the Digital Age continues with a great interview in The Believer with fellow WFMU DJ Dave Mandl. Like his equally entertaining and wide-ranging discussion with Marcus Boon,...

October 4, 2011

Events with Udi Aloni, author of What Does a Jew Want?

“The closest you can get to an intellectual orgasm.”—Slavoj Zizek on Udi Aloni’s documentary Local Angel: Theological Political Fragments Beginning next Monday, October 10th, there will be a series of events at Columbia with Udi Aloni, author of What Does...

October 4, 2011

Paul Pillar Discusses Intelligence and U.S. Foreign Policy on Andrea Mitchell Reports to Discuss

Fresh off a review of his book Intelligence and U.S. Foreign Policy:Iraq, 9/11, and Misguided Reform, in the New York Times , Paul Pillar was a guest on Andrea Mitchell Reports on MSNBC. Among other issues, Pillar discusses not only...

October 4, 2011

New Book Tuesday

Banished to the Homeland: Dominican Deportees and Their Stories of Exile David C. Brotherton and Luis Barrios Memory, Trauma, and History: Essays on Living with the Past Michael S. Roth The Politics of Postanarchism (now available in paper) Saul Newman

October 3, 2011

Interview with Gianni Vattimo and Santiago Zabala, Authors of Hermeneutic Communism

The following is an interview with Gianni Vattimo and Santiago Zabala, authors of Hermeneutic Communism: From Heidegger to Marx. The interview took place in January, 2011. Question: How does one manage to write a book with another author? Santiago Zabala:...

October 3, 2011

Intelligence and U.S. Foreign Policy by Paul Pillar Reviewed in the New York Times

Writing for the New York Times Book Review, Thomas Powers calls Intelligence and U.S. Foreign Policy: Iraq, 9/11, and Misguided Reform, by Paul Pillar, a “rich, useful and important book.” Paul Pillar’s examination of the politicization of intelligence, particularly by...

September 30, 2011

It's Not Plagiarism. In the Digital Age, It's Repurposing — Kenneth Goldsmith on Uncreative Writing

Earlier this month, the Chronicle of Higher Education posted the introduction to Uncreative Writing: Managing Language in the Digital Age, by Kenneth Goldsmith. Not surprisingly, the piece drew a lot of comments both negative and positive and was cited and...

September 30, 2011

Interview with Diana Lobel, author of The Quest for God and the Good

“We need to get away from the popular caricature of God as an old man in the sky seated upon a throne.”—Diana Lobel The following is an interview with Diana Lobel, author of The Quest for God and the Good:...

September 29, 2011

Interview with Kenneth Goldsmith, author of Uncreative Writing

The following is an interview with Kenneth Goldsmith, author of Uncreative Writing: Managing Language in the Digital Age: Q: You teach a course fittingly enough and intriguingly called “uncreative writing.” What do more conventional creative writing courses fail to do?...

September 28, 2011

Kenneth Goldsmith and UbuWeb

In addition to being the author of Uncreative Writing: Managing Language in the Digital Age, Kenneth Goldsmith is also the creator and curator of UbuWeb. Started in 1996, UbuWeb has become one of the leading resources for modernist, avant-garde, and...

September 28, 2011

Gertrude Stein & Fascism: Interview with Barbara Will, author of Unlikely Collaboration

The following in an interview with Barbara Will, author of Unlikely Collaboration: Gertrude Stein, Bernard Faÿ, and the Vichy Dilemma Question: Why the title Unlikely Collaboration? What is the book trying to argue through this title? Barbara Will: When most...

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