The New York Review of Ideas » Profiles | September 2009

Profiles

Thinkers who are changing our minds.

Professor Parini Goes to Hollywood
Jessica Kaplan | Can this poet find success on the big screen?

A Park Grows in Brooklyn
Nicholas DeRenzo | Michael van Valkenburgh takes back New York’s waterfront.

Black, White and Read Online
Derrick Koo | Can Khoi Vinh save The New York Times?

Bad Foundations
Flora Fair | Alyssa Katz tells us that the roots of the housing crisis run much deeper than we think.

Canon Fodder
Ian Crouch | Sean Shesgreen fires a shot at the Norton Anthology of English Literature.

Age of Enlightenment
Anna Bak-Kvapil | Is Astra Taylor’s examined life worth watching?

Let’s Get Physical
Margaret Wheeler Johnson | Matt Crawford talks shop.

Rallying Arab America
Habib Battah | Linda Sarsour’s struggle to integrate her embattled community into the U.S. political system.

Professor of Punk
Frances Pollitzer | Vivien Goldman proves that punk doesn’t have to lose its edge to go academic.

Wiki Journalism
Lily Quateman | Is Rachel Stern’s DIY news the future of citizen journalism?