Books & the Arts

Twenty-First Century Woman / Ankle-Length Cardigans / Looking in the Mirror

Twenty-First Century Woman / Ankle-Length Cardigans / Looking in the Mirror Twenty-First Century Woman / Ankle-Length Cardigans / Looking in the Mirror

Twenty-First Century Woman I don’t know how to turn on a TV anymore   Ankle-Length Cardigans Great returns on the pavement produce false ideas of equity in the guarantee tha…

May 21, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Amanda Nadelberg

John Lanchester’s Eerily Resonant Novel About Borders and Rising Sea Levels

John Lanchester’s Eerily Resonant Novel About Borders and Rising Sea Levels John Lanchester’s Eerily Resonant Novel About Borders and Rising Sea Levels

His speculative new novel, The Wall, imagines a dystopian future but offers us a warning about our present. 

May 20, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Laila Lalami

Martin Luther King Jr.’s Social Democracy

Martin Luther King Jr.’s Social Democracy Martin Luther King Jr.’s Social Democracy

In her new book, King and the Other America, historian Sylvie Laurent situates the Poor People’s Campaign and Martin Luther King Jr.’s later years in a longer history of ...

May 20, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greene II

David Treuer’s Monumental History of Native American Life in the 20th Century

David Treuer’s Monumental History of Native American Life in the 20th Century David Treuer’s Monumental History of Native American Life in the 20th Century

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee tells the story of Native life as it flourished amidst hardship.

May 20, 2019 / Books & the Arts / E. Tammy Kim

Jenny Odell and the Quest to Log Off

Jenny Odell and the Quest to Log Off Jenny Odell and the Quest to Log Off

Can we escape the Internet?

May 20, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Kevin Lozano

Julius Scott’s Epic About Black Resistance in the Age of Revolution

Julius Scott’s Epic About Black Resistance in the Age of Revolution Julius Scott’s Epic About Black Resistance in the Age of Revolution

Modeled after Braudel’s masterpiece on the Mediterranean, The Common Wind helps recovers the radical world of black mariners, rebels, and runaways banding together to realize ...

May 20, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Manisha Sinha

The Political Odyssey of Sean Wilentz

The Political Odyssey of Sean Wilentz The Political Odyssey of Sean Wilentz

How one of America's original Bernie Bros became an outspoken critic of the left.

May 20, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Timothy Shenk

The Inescapable Politics of Climate Change

The Inescapable Politics of Climate Change The Inescapable Politics of Climate Change

What we need to know now is not what climate change will do in the future, but what we should about it in the present.

May 20, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Alyssa Battistoni

The Transformation of Bernie Sanders

The Transformation of Bernie Sanders The Transformation of Bernie Sanders

How the Vermont senator went from a third-party independent to a 2020 frontrunner. 

May 7, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Matthew Karp

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

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