Astra Taylor Astra Taylor

Astra Taylor is the director of the documentary films Zizek! and Examined Life. She has written for Monthly Review, Adbusters, Salon, The Baffler, Bomb Magazine, n+1 and other outlets. She is the co-editor of the book Occupy!: Scenes from Occupied America (Verso). 

Apr 2, 2010

Diana Abu-Jaber Diana Abu-Jaber

Diana Abu-Jaber is the author, most recently, of Crescent: A Novel (Norton).

Apr 2, 2010

Scott L. Malcomson Scott L. Malcomson

Scott L. Malcomson is an editor at The New York Times Magazine. He is the author, most recently, of One Drop of Blood: The American Misadventure of Race (Farrar, Straus & Giro…

Apr 2, 2010

K. Leander Williams K. Leander Williams

K. Leander Williams is a freelance writer living in Brooklyn, New York. He’s been around the block a few times and has yet to tire of the scenery.

Apr 2, 2010

Jennifer Niesslein Jennifer Niesslein

Jennifer Niesslein is co-editor of Brain, Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers (brainchildmag.com).

Apr 2, 2010

Helen Thomas Helen Thomas

Helen Thomas, a Hearst Newspapers columnist, served for fifty-seven years as a correspondent for United Press International and, as White House bureau chief, covered every presiden…

Apr 2, 2010

David Jones David Jones

David Jones, a Newark, New Jersey-based freelance writer, was the recipient of a 2003 George Washington Williams Fellowship from the Independent Press Association.

Apr 2, 2010

Gene Nichol Gene Nichol

Gene Nichol is dean and Burton Craige Professor at the University of North Carolina Law School.

Apr 2, 2010

Meena Alexander Meena Alexander

Apr 2, 2010

Russell Jacoby Russell Jacoby

Russell Jacoby, a professor of history at UCLA, is the author of The Last Intellectuals, Dialectic of Defeat and other works. His new book, Picture Imperfect: Utopian Thought for a…

Apr 2, 2010