January
- ‘The Central Event of Our Past’: Still Murky Andrew Delbanco
- A Different Kind of Delirium Charles Baxter
- Afghanistan: The Best Way to Peace Anatol Lieven
- Can We Have a Democratic Election? Elizabeth Drew
- Elliott Carter’s Music of Time Charles Rosen
- Hands or Genes? Roy Morrison, reply by John Terborgh
- He Told the Truth About China’s Tyranny Simon Leys
- How to Save the Euro George Soros
- Latin America: The Battleground of Art Daniela Bleichmar
- Merce Cunningham & the Impossible Alma Guillermoprieto
- On the Minds of the Whales Tim Flannery
- Our Secret American Security State Steve Coll
- Postscript Simon Leys
- The Bombing of San Lorenzo John Foot
- The Book From Which Our Literature Springs Robert Pogue Harrison
- The Dead Sound Robin Robertson
- The Elections: A Modest Proposal Max Frankel
- The Flemish Difference Dirk Vandewalle, reply by Tim Parks
- The Most Terrible of Hitler’s Creatures Max Hastings
- The Mother Courage of Rock Luc Sante
- The Nisei & Jim Crow Michael Haas, reply by Robert W. Gordon
- The Republican Nightmare David Bromwich
- The Wrong Leonardo? Charles Hope
- Václav Havel (1936–2011) Paul Wilson
- What Future for Occupy Wall Street? Michael Greenberg
February
- ‘The Reactionary Mind’: An Exchange Corey Robin, reply by Mark Lilla
- A Man of Principle Stephen Greenblatt
- A Tale of Two Bishops and a Brilliant Saint Peter Brown
- Afghanistan & Money Klaus Peters, reply by Anatol Lieven
- Africa’s Dirty Wars Jeffrey Gettleman
- An Exclusive Corner of Hebron Jonathan Freedland
- Beautiful, Aesthetic, Erotic Richard Dorment
- Between Roses in Mumbai Katherine Boo
- Chimp Talk Herbert Terrace, reply by Peter Singer
- Could Italy Change? Tim Parks
- Daddy’s Girl Julian Barnes
- Dwight, the Passionate Moralist Edward Mendelson
- For Europe: ‘The Firepower Is There’: An Interview Klaus Regling, interviewed by Sami Zeidan
- Gay Night and Day Colm Tóibín
- Hard Life with Memory Wisława Szymborska, translated from the Polish by Clare Cavanagh and Stanislaw Baranczak
- Jews Honored in Kraków Adam Zagajewski, reply by Louis Begley
- Let the DNA Fit the Crime Richard C. Lewontin
- New Hampshire Follies Charles Simic
- Russ Feingold in New York Arien Mack
- Schools We Can Envy Diane Ravitch
- Shadow and Smoke Charles Wright
- Some Like It Hot Julian Bell
- Stalin’s Favorite Novel? Nairi Petrossian, reply by Orlando Figes
- The Abbey That Jumped the Shark James Fenton
- The Chinese Are Coming! Richard Bernstein
- The Gambler in Blood and Iron R.J.W. Evans
- The Grand Comedian Visits the Bible Harold Bloom
- The Mongrel Speech of the Streets Simon Winchester
- The New World of William Carlos Williams Adam Kirsch
- The Storyteller and the Kid Diane Johnson
- The Super Power of Franz Liszt Charles Rosen
- They Clamor for Our Attention Andrew Butterfield
- Tom in Rome Jonathan Galassi
- We’re More Unequal Than You Think Andrew Hacker
- Why Not Frack? Bill McKibben
- Why the Global Warming Skeptics Are Wrong William D. Nordhaus
- Will the Tea Get Cold? Sam Tanenhaus
- Willard Mitt Romney Michael Tomasky
- Work, Not Sex, At Last Elaine Blair
March
- ‘A Grave Threat to Zionism’: An Exchange Jerold S. Auerbach, reply by Jonathan Freedland
- ‘Why Not Frack?’ Paul Steiger and Stephen Engelberg, reply by Bill McKibben
- A Farewell to Haiti Mischa Berlinski
- A Grand & Tender Artist Sanford Schwartz
- A Master in the Shadows Jonathan D. Spence
- A Solution for TV in Politics Richard C. Wald
- A Struggle with the Police & the Law John Paul Stevens
- A Tumor for Mr. Mutt? Lars Axel Söderberg, reply by Christopher Benfey
- Apocalypse Then G.W. Bowersock
- Beckett: Storming for Beauty John Banville
- Blood Sport Beneath the City Ian Jack
- Bold When It Counted Edmund White
- Can They Ever Make a Deal? Geoffrey Wheatcroft
- Chekhov: Behind the Charm Tim Parks
- Egypt’s Future The Editors
- Extreme Romanticism at the Met Charles Rosen
- Helmut Frielinghaus: Words in Farewell Günter Grass, translated from the German by Breon Mitchell
- How Millions Have Been Dying in the Congo Neal Ascherson
- How, and How Not, to Improve the Schools Diane Ravitch
- In the Temple of Desire Geoffrey O’Brien
- Kessler, Hofmannsthal, and the Jewish ‘Difference’ Robert E. Lerner, reply by Ian Buruma
- My Europe Louis Begley
- On Intellectuals and Democracy Tony Judt
- Our Corrupt Politics: It’s Not All Money Ezra Klein
- Out of Contact John Terborgh
- Queens Against the Flow J.H. Elliott
- Science on the Rampage Freeman Dyson
- Smiley Wins Again Russell Baker
- The Gay Path Through the Courts David Cole
- The Heads of His Enemies Giles Harvey
- The Heart of the Obsession David Lodge
- The Mysterious End of the Soviet Union Amy Knight
- The Queen of Cathedrals Willibald Sauerländer, translated from the German by David Dollenmayer
- The Reporter Who Knew Max Rodenbeck
- The Terrors of the Woman President Hermione Lee
- The Vigilantes of Vermont T.H. Breen
- The Voice of Big-Time Sports Nicholas Lemann
- They’re the Top Arlene Croce
- Tony Judt: A Final Victory Jennifer Homans
- Tony Judt: The Right Questions Ian Buruma
- Violent, Ecstatic Russians Rachel Polonsky
- We’re So Exceptional Michael Ignatieff
- What Can We Learn From Finnish Schools? Kenneth Kolson
- Where No One Has Ever Gone Joyce Carol Oates
- Whither China? Benjamin M. Friedman
- Who Is Peter Pan? Alison Lurie
- Why George Romney Didn’t Run Daniel Frohardt, reply by Michael Tomasky
- Women & Islam: An Exchange with Kenneth Roth of Human Rights Watch Meredith Tax, reply by Kenneth Roth
April
- ‘It’s Not All Money’ Lawrence Lessig, reply by Ezra Klein
- ‘O Rare Ben Jonson’ Stanley Wells
- ‘The Paralysis of Stuttering’ Francine du Plessix Gray
- A Life for the Star Larry McMurtry
- Ariel or Caliban? Margaret Atwood
- Armenia Survives! Tim Judah
- At Home With Hitler Antony Beevor
- Behind the Smoke Screen David Lodge
- China’s Falling Star Ian Johnson
- Facts About War Crimes David Scheffer
- Fantastic, Deadpan & Deadly David Bromwich
- Freedom and Art Charles Rosen
- Going Beyond the Limits Colm Tóibín
- He Got the Big Things Right Thomas Powers
- How Pisanello Did It Raymond B. Waddington
- How to Follow Our Weird Politics Michael Tomasky
- In the Climate Casino: An Exchange Roger W. Cohen, William Happer, and Richard Lindzen, reply by William D. Nordhaus
- In the Heartland Joseph Lelyveld
- In the Supreme Shrine Christopher de Bellaigue
- Missionaries Michael Kimmelman
- Obsessed with Scapegoats and Outcasts Peter Green
- On Fang Lizhi (1936–2012) Perry Link
- One of America’s Best Michael Dirda
- Radical, Pure, Roger Williams Gordon S. Wood
- Remembering Shadid Charles A. Miller
- South Africa: The New Threat to Freedom Nadine Gordimer
- Storm Over Young Goethe J. M. Coetzee
- The Art of the Classic Loner Sanford Schwartz
- The Crisis of Big Science Steven Weinberg
- The Dreams of Westy Jonathan Mirsky
- The Elephant in the Room Claire Messud
- The Great Transition Peter Brown
- The In-Between World Christine Smallwood
- The King of Charisma Mark Ford
- The Master of Bigness Martin Filler
- The Sly Survivor Jonathan Raban
- The Tenor on Stage: An Interview with Jonas Kaufmann Marie d’Origny
- The White Plight Andrew Hacker
- Vladimir’s Tale Anne Applebaum
- What Will It Take to Save the Earth? Joel E. Cohen
- Why Be Good? Samuel Freeman
- Why Frack? John Deutch, reply by Bill McKibben
- Why the Mandate Is Constitutional: The Real Argument Ronald Dworkin
- Working in the Dark Christopher Benfey
May
- ‘Brimming with Sheer Cheek’ Julian Bell
- A Chinese Murder Mystery? Ian Johnson
- A Man of the Amazon Larry Rohter
- A New Crisis in South Africa Joshua Hammer
- America’s Nastiest Blood Feud Garry Wills
- Are We Stuck with the Imperial Presidency? David Cole
- Behind the Screen Martin Filler
- Big Changes in Black America? Darryl Pinckney
- Books Held by Kings Eamon Duffy
- Bullying the Nuns Garry Wills
- Can Anything Emerge from Nothing? Colin McGinn
- Can the Colleges Be Saved? Anthony Grafton
- Do Our Public Schools Threaten National Security? Diane Ravitch
- Drugs: The Rebellion in Cartagena Alma Guillermoprieto
- Grief Robert Pinsky
- How the Computers Exploded Jim Holt
- How the Republicans Got That Way Sam Tanenhaus
- How to End This Depression Paul Krugman
- In Defense of the New York Public Library Robert Darnton
- In a Panic About Love Joyce Carol Oates
- Israel in Peril David Shulman
- London: The Triumph of the Chinese Censors Jonathan Mirsky
- Mozart’s Early Trumpets Robert R. Holzer, reply by Charles Rosen
- On ‘As I Lay Dying’ E.L. Doctorow
- Philip Larkin: Desired Reading Christopher Ricks
- Saved by DNA Paul R. Billings and Hyman Gross
- Should Hate Speech Be Outlawed? John Paul Stevens
- Should Obama’s Health Care Be Opposed?: An Exchange Marcia Angell, reply by Ronald Dworkin
- Syria: The Citadel & the War Charles Glass
- Telephone Ringing in the Labyrinth W.S. Merwin
- The Art of the Impersonator Sanford Schwartz
- The Demonic Trilling Edward Mendelson
- The Dilemma of Madeleine Albright Paul Wilson
- The Dyer’s Hand Giles Harvey
- The Evil Flies in Africa Norman Rush
- The Fate of the ‘Unconquered’: An Exchange Stephen Corry, reply by John Terborgh
- The Ghost of Desire Joyce Carol Oates
- The Lost Patient Jerome Groopman
- The Loves of Lena Dunham Elaine Blair
- The Magic of Keith Thomas Hilary Mantel
- The Pleasures of Charles Rosen Alastair Macaulay
- The Rapture of the Silents Geoffrey O’Brien
- The Ultimate Corporation Bill McKibben
- They Ate Their Sleep Neal Ascherson
- What Makes Countries Rich or Poor? Jared Diamond
- Who Took This Photograph? Rose Styron
- Why Like Ike? Thomas Powers
- Will Iran Get That Bomb? Steve Coll