May 2016 - Page 3 of 3 - The American Mag

The leopard’s spots

By Mark Campbell | May 16th, 2016

Some Italians are proudly communist — until they're faced with their children's gay choices.

By Christopher P. Winner| 2018-03-21T20:00:14+01:00 May 15th, 2016|Area 51|

How the tyranny of a one-size-fits-all expression damages a language of that once swore by specifics.

By Book Staff| 2018-03-21T20:00:15+01:00 May 15th, 2016|Recent Reviews|

Ian McGuire's 1859-set whaling detective story captures the 19th-century spirit of Melville and Poe.

By Madeleine Johnson, Associate Editor| 2018-03-21T20:00:16+01:00 May 15th, 2016|"Notebook"|

Donald Trump may resemble Silvio Berlusconi, but the real parallels between Italian and U.S. politics run deeper.

By Marcia Yarrow| 2018-03-21T20:00:12+01:00 May 13th, 2016|Reviews|

Karyn Kusama's horror-thriller has its moments, but fails to make the most of lingering menace.

By Jacob Carroll| 2018-03-21T20:00:08+01:00 May 12th, 2016|Features Archive|

Musical boycotts may make commercial sense, but they deprive audiences of the sounds and energy of protest.

By Patricia E. Fogarty| 2018-03-21T20:00:11+01:00 May 12th, 2016|"Scriptorium"|

Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli has written a stunning book about physics, helping to explain the infinite.

By Suzanne Dunaway| 2018-03-21T20:00:03+01:00 May 8th, 2016|"Suzanne's Taste"|

Beets are now the cat's meow, at least to some. But it wasn't always that way.

By Christopher P. Winner| 2018-03-21T20:00:06+01:00 May 8th, 2016|Area 51|

A decade ago, the Republican Party was vitriol center. So why does Trump surprise?