AltWeeklies Wire
Last Great Poet of Eastern Europe Dies at 93new
Czeslaw Milosz's poetry -- scattered over 20 books, a lifework for which he won the Nobel Prize -- adumbrated the moral and political strife of a Europe in ruin.
New York Press |
Joshua Cohen |
08-26-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Poet Goes Straight: Cop's Daughter Slips and Rises Back Upnew
Once a strung-out heroin addict, poet Jackie Sheeler runs a Friday-night open mic for poetry readings at the Cornelius St. Cafe and started poetz.com to help neophyte writers.
New York Press |
C.J. Sullivan |
08-25-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
A Lighter Touch of Evil: The Case for Backing Kerrynew
The right analogy for 2004 is not Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee, but Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater.
New York Press |
Alexander Zaitchik |
08-25-2004 |
Commentary
Where the Republicans Roam: New York's Real Cultural Institutionsnew
Managers of New York's sleazier nightspots have no plans to promote their parties and events around the Republican National Convention, but they may be missing out on something. Republicans have been well-noted horndogs for years.
New York Press |
A.J. Daulerio |
08-25-2004 |
Politics
The Post's Mea Culpa Is Too Little, Too Latenew
Howard Kurtz's piece in the Washington Post about the paper's coverage of weapons of mass destruction was the latest in what is likely to be a long series of tepid -- not to mention craven, insufficient and self-serving -- media confessions about pre-war Iraq reporting.
New York Press |
Matt Taibbi |
08-18-2004 |
Media
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Vanity Fair Chief's Acceptance of Payment for Film Tip Was Benignnew
Vanity Fair chief Graydon Carter has, in my opinion, turned a little nutty in the past two years, with the usual throwaway editor's note becoming home to Noam Chomsky-like screeds about the Bush administration, but he's not a crook.
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
08-07-2004 |
Media
