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Christine Smallwood

Christine Smallwood is a former associate literary editor of The Nation and co-editor of The Crier magazine.

Currently

  • Back Talk: Elizabeth Royte

    September 4, 2008

    Environmental writer Elizabeth Royte plumbs our obsession with bottled water.

  • Back Talk: Guy Maddin

    August 13, 2008

    The Canadian filmmaker discusses his new film, My Winnipeg, and the importance of cultivating a personal mythology.

  • Back Talk: Raj Patel

    July 16, 2008

    Writer and activist Raj Patel explains why shopping better won't solve the food crisis.

  • Back Talk: David Levine

    June 26, 2008

    The longtime New York Review of Books illustrator discusses the delicate art of political cartooning.

  • Back Talk: Honor Moore

    June 11, 2008

    Poet Honor Moore talks about her family's response to her memoir, The Bishop's Daughter.

  • Back Talk: Billy Bragg

    May 29, 2008

    British punk rocker and activist Billy Bragg talks about his new album and the politics and economics of free online music.

  • Back Talk: Tod Papageorge

    May 15, 2008 Subscribe

    Photographer Tod Papageorge reflects on the links between American sports and the Vietnam War.

  • Back Talk: John Turturro

    May 1, 2008

    Actor John Turturro discusses his latest project, a production of Beckett's Endgame at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

  • Back Talk: Nicholson Baker

    April 17, 2008

    In the debut of a new biweekly series, the author of Human Smoke discusses pacifism and World War II.

2007

  • The Cinema of Terror

    October 19, 2007

    Three new films--Rendition, The Kingdom and Redacted--take on the clash of civilizations. How does the "war on terror" look on the big screen?

  • My Bondage, My Freedom

    August 23, 2007 Subscribe

    Robert Walser's writing--opaque and ethereal, provoking and digressive--is finally being introduced to American readers.

2006

  • I Can't Get No Satisfaction

    November 22, 2006 Subscribe

    Laura Kipnis's The Female Thing takes women to task for perpetuating the notion that they're vulnerable.

  • Short Takes

    September 14, 2006 Subscribe

    Reviews of Half of a Yellow Sun, St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves and The City Is a Rising Tide.

  • Short Takes

    July 13, 2006 Subscribe

  • Short Takes

    June 14, 2006 Subscribe

    Reviews of novels by Anne Tyler, Chris Abani, and Rodrigo Fresan.

  • The Book of Daniels

    May 11, 2006 Subscribe

    Michel Houellebecq's The Possibility of an Island has at last landed on American shores, along with Pierre Mérot's Mammals.

2005

  • The Blank Verses

    September 22, 2005

    A Rick Moody novel is generally about one thing and that is Rick Moody's ability to write very long, occasionally graceful sentences.

  • Out of Touch on 'The OC'

    September 14, 2005

    What makes Fox's The OC so addictive is its California-kissed story lines and appealing characters. But what is it about women the show doesn't understand?

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