Soundings From The New York Review

In a series of panels cosponsored by the Review and Guardian America, contributors and editors for both publications discuss the issues shaping the 2008 election campaigns and the challenges and opportunities that will face the new administration: The Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, on October 27, 2008

Frequent Review contributor Michael Massing uncovers a surprising trend in Ohio voters' preferences in the final weeks of the presidential campaign.

Former poet laureate Charles Simic, a longtime Review contributor, reads work from his two most recent collections, Sixty Poems and That Little Something.

Hugh Eakin speaks with economics writer and frequent Review contributor Jeff Madrick about the US policies that led to the international financial crisis, and about the problems that still lie ahead.

As part of the New York Public Library's "Live from the NYPL" series, Daniel Mendelsohn, Pico Iyer, and James Wood met on September 17 to discuss the place of criticism in a world increasingly dominated by film, television, and new media forms.

On September 23, at Cooper Union's Great Hall, PEN American Center, the Open Society Institute's Burma Project, and the Review cosponsored an evening of readings and conversations, hosted by Salman Rushdie. The event, benefiting the International Burmese Monks Organization, commemorated the 2007 protests against Burma's junta, and called attention to the continuing efforts to assist survivors of Cyclone Nargis.

Review contributors Darryl Pinckney, Ronald Dworkin, Joan Didion, and Mark Danner assess the 2008 presidential contest and the issues that will define the next administration. Introduced by Robert Silvers, editor of the Review. From a panel discussion at the Brooklyn Book Festival, September 14, 2008.

Samantha Power talks to Hugh Eakin about the foreign policy implications of the 2008 Presidential contest.

Oliver Sacks speaks with Eve Bowen about Michael Greenberg's new memoir, the work of Kay Redfield Jamison, and music and madness in Musicophilia.

Edward Mendelson talks with Sasha Weiss about Frank O'Hara the moralist.

Palin's enthusiasm for oil, McCain's silence on Iraq, and the character issues that have energized the Republican base.

Obama's stadium performance, Bill Clinton's comeback, and the nomination of Sarah Palin.

The Palin nomination and what the new Republican platform means for McCain.

Hillary Clinton, the new face of the Democratic party, and the mood in Denver.

On August 10, as part of the 2008 Salzburg Global Seminar, The New York Review of Books cosponsored a panel discussion on art and politics featuring actor Vanessa Redgrave and playwright David Hare, who directed Redgrave in Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking at this year's Salzburg Festival. The conversation was moderated by Salzburg senior vice president and chief program officer Edward Mortimer. The panel was introduced by Review editor Robert Silvers.

Following their panel discussion on art and politics at the 2008 Salzburg Global Seminar, Vanessa Redgrave and playwright David Hare, (who directed Redgrave in Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking) answered audience questions.

Hugh Eakin speaks with Michael Massing about Iraq's precarious future.

Classicist Mary Beard in conversation with Sasha Weiss about what made the Romans laugh.

Sasha Weiss speaks with Edmund White about Duras's Paris.

Tibetologist Robert Barnett discusses the changing face of Tibet with Hugh Eakin