Elias Rodriques

Elias Rodriques is the author of All the Water I’ve Seen Is Running and teaches at Sarah Lawrence College.

Claudia Rankine’s Dialogue With America

Claudia Rankine’s Dialogue With America Claudia Rankine’s Dialogue With America

In Just Us, the poet offers a searing assessment of racism and loneliness in today’s America. But while she’s pessimistic about the present, she’s also hopeful about the future.

Oct 6, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques

Lorraine Hansberry’s Radicalism

Lorraine Hansberry’s Radicalism Lorraine Hansberry’s Radicalism

For the playwright and activist, neither liberal reform nor countercultural art were enough. The very foundations of American democracy needed to be transformed. 

Apr 21, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques

Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Narratives of Freedom

Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Narratives of Freedom Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Narratives of Freedom

History has always been a weapon in the hands of Ta-Nehisi Coates. Now, in his debut novel, the social critic and essayist sets out to recover those struggles for emancipation that...

Oct 29, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques

When the Black Panthers Came to Algeria

When the Black Panthers Came to Algeria When the Black Panthers Came to Algeria

In Algiers, Third World Capital, Elaine Mokhtefi captures a lost world of camaraderie, shared ideals, and frequent miscommunication.

May 7, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques

The Black Feminist Roots of James Baldwin’s ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’

The Black Feminist Roots of James Baldwin’s ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ The Black Feminist Roots of James Baldwin’s ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’

Barry Jenkins’s adaptation of the 1971 novel updates its black feminist framework to reflect today’s issues. 

Dec 17, 2018 / Elias Rodriques

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Letters From the November 19-26, 2018, Issue Letters From the November 19-26, 2018, Issue

Fact in fiction… AOC prepares for DC… Performing patriarchy…

Oct 25, 2018 / Our Readers and Elias Rodriques

Zora Neale Hurston and the Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade’s Last Survivor

Zora Neale Hurston and the Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade’s Last Survivor Zora Neale Hurston and the Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade’s Last Survivor

Even after Emancipation, Kossula Oluales spent the rest of his life trying to recover what was lost.

May 23, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques

Selma and the Unfulfilled Promise of Civil Rights

Selma and the Unfulfilled Promise of Civil Rights Selma and the Unfulfilled Promise of Civil Rights

The city’s 20th-century history not only marked a high point in the civil-rights movement; it also captures why America needs more than sporadic intervention if it is to uproot the...

Mar 21, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques

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