Women, men and torture in Iraq: KATHA POLLITT, columnist for The Nation, comments.
Plus: REBECCA SOLNIT won the 2004 award for criticism from the National Book Critics Circle. Now she argues that despite the gathering political, environmental, and cultural gloom, we need “an imagination adequate to the possibilities.” Her new book is Hope in the Dark.
Also: Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl“ was written 50 years ago as a cultural weapon and a call to arms. JONAH RASKIN talks about the most influential poem of the second half of the 20th century; and we’ll listen to Ginsberg reading. Jonah’s new book is American Scream: Allen Ginsberg’s Howl and the Making of the Beat Generation.
Web extra: the Gallup Poll approval ratings say Bush will lose in November.
. . . and check out the Cost Of War website.
