A New Kind of Trans Poetics A New Kind of Trans Poetics
In A Queen in Bucks County, Kay Gabriel finds a connection between trans femininity and modernism as she documents one person's winding journey from suburb to city.
Dec 6, 2022 / Books & the Arts / McKenzie Wark
The Question of the Offensive Monument The Question of the Offensive Monument
What do we lose by simply removing monuments? Robert Bevan attempts to answer that question in a recent book, Monumental Lies.
Dec 5, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Erin L. Thompson
The Polycrisis at the Border The Polycrisis at the Border
Levi Vonk’s Border Hacker digs into the intersecting failures that have led to a brutal system of forced displacement in the Americas.
Dec 1, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Caroline Tracey
What the Grimkes’s Family History Tells Us About the United States What the Grimkes’s Family History Tells Us About the United States
In The Grimkes, historian Kerri Greenidge offers a powerful and unique account of this family's history—an account that offers tales of slavery, violence, loss, resilience, and red...
Nov 30, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Kellie Carter Jackson
Can the Origins of Today’s Right Be Traced to the 1990s? Can the Origins of Today’s Right Be Traced to the 1990s?
While some might remember the 1990s as an era of good feelings, Nicole Hemmer's Partisans argues that this period coincided with the rise of a more combative conservative movement.
Nov 29, 2022 / Books & the Arts / John Ganz
The World John von Neumann Built The World John von Neumann Built
Game theory, computers, the atom bomb—these are just a few of things von Neumann played a role in developing, changing the 20th century for better and worse.
Nov 28, 2022 / Books & the Arts / David Nirenberg
Staughton Lynd’s Radicalism From Below Staughton Lynd’s Radicalism From Below
The historian and activist dedicated his life to showing how, and helping, working people not only imagine but build a better world.
Nov 23, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Marcus Rediker
The Malaise, Mess, and Art of Black Millennial Womanhood The Malaise, Mess, and Art of Black Millennial Womanhood
Chantal V. Johnson's debut novel typifies an emerging genre in fiction, one that interrogates the intimate and creative life of Black cosmopolitan women.
Nov 23, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Marina Magloire
Inside the Dreams of Ling Ma Inside the Dreams of Ling Ma
The stories in her collection Bliss Montage tackle the troubles of the real world by transporting us to the realm between sleep and waking life.
Nov 22, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Schaffer-Goddard
A Fragmentary History of California A Fragmentary History of California
Ashton Politanoff's fascinating You'll Like it Here, a hybrid book on the Golden State in the 20th century, looks at the novelistic details of everyday life.
Nov 21, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Dustin Illingworth