BookExpo 2012, Los Angeles
Will Heinrich
The hottest titles exorcise ghosts from our political past.

Will Heinrich
The hottest titles exorcise ghosts from our political past.
Is a new, computer-generated poetry anthology as intriguing--and boring--as the lifework of any fairly prolific poet?
What is it about Slovene poetry that has attracted so many American poets?
Alexander Provan : Internet & New Media
Why do Internet boosters continue to confuse social networking with art?
William Deresiewicz : Literacy & Reading
Why the commentariat's response to hand-wringing about "the decline of reading" condescends to the large mass of nonspecialist readers.
With his new play Kicking a Dead Horse, Sam Shepard is still stranded in a prairie of tough-guy cliché.
A jazz writer pays tribute to his longtime collaborator on The Penguin Guide to Jazz.
Slavoj Žižek's newest book may cause readers to conclude that the superstar philosopher has misplaced his marbles.
In A Conservative History of the American Left, Daniel Flynn can't decide whether to ridicule the left or fear it.
Germany's leading left daily wins the fight to name a street after a leader of the 1968 student movement.
The Visitor is that rare film that defines Arabs not as ethnic or religious stereotypes but as individuals.
Melanie Rehak : Literacy & Reading
The Kindle e-reader lightens your load, but can you curl up with it in bed?
Chris Lehmann : Publishing Industry
An account of the most recent installment in the nation's sick love affair with literary exhibitionists.
William Deresiewicz : Higher Education
Why is the intellectual agenda of English departments being set by teenagers?
