Books & the Arts

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

The Nazis Among Us

The Nazis Among Us The Nazis Among Us

Fatih Akin’s In the Fade.

May 10, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Paul Hockenos

The Magic of Denis Johnson

The Magic of Denis Johnson The Magic of Denis Johnson

The Largesse of the Sea Maiden isn't exactly a sequel to Jesus’ Son, but it has the same breezy, epiphanic quality.

May 9, 2018 / Books & the Arts / J. Robert Lennon

Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters in the ’60s

Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters in the ’60s Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters in the ’60s

They weren’t friends, and they weren’t all of the same generation, but they all shared a similar view of how we should relate to nature. 

May 9, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Bill McKibben

Can Yanis Varoufakis Save Europe?

Can Yanis Varoufakis Save Europe? Can Yanis Varoufakis Save Europe?

At a moment when many on the right and left have abandoned the European project, Greece’s former finance minister has other plans for the continent.

May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

Joseph Conrad and the Dawn of Globalization

Joseph Conrad and the Dawn of Globalization Joseph Conrad and the Dawn of Globalization

What passes for civilization is often just refined savagery.

May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Greg Grandin

Mothering Under Capitalism

Mothering Under Capitalism Mothering Under Capitalism

Jacqueline Rose and the politics of motherhood.

May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Merve Emre

Timothy Snyder’s Bleak Vision

Timothy Snyder’s Bleak Vision Timothy Snyder’s Bleak Vision

In The Road to Unfreedom, Snyder’s vision of history driven by rival states and ruthless statesmen undermines his own insistence on the importance of individual responsibility.&nbs...

May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Sophie Pinkham

Moby’s Relentless Pursuit of Authenticity

Moby’s Relentless Pursuit of Authenticity Moby’s Relentless Pursuit of Authenticity

His new album, Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt, sounds teleported directly from 1999.

May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen

Perry Anderson’s Long Goodbye

Perry Anderson’s Long Goodbye Perry Anderson’s Long Goodbye

In the absence of revolution, Perry Anderson embraces realism.

May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Robbins

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