From the New York Review of Books
The Red Cross Torture Report: What It Means
Capitalism Beyond the Crisis
Amartya Sen on the need to relearn the lessons of Adam Smith and Arthur Pigou
How He Wrote His Songs
Review: Hiding Man by Tracy Daugherty
That Daugherty has put the suspense to use is an amazing and rare accomplishment, says Lorrie Moore
The Thirty Days of Barack Obama
Elizabeth Drew assesses the performance of the new US administration in their first month in charge
The Superior Civilization
Ants are so much a part of our everyday lives that unless we discover them in our sugar bowl we rarely give them a second thought, writes Tim Flannery
Norman Mailer: Letters on Writing
We publish here the first of three selections from the letters of Norman Mailer, with notes provided by Michael Lennon
Google & the Future of Books
How can we navigate through the information landscape that is only beginning to come into view, asks Robert Darnton