Non-fiction

Mary Gaitskill’s Art of Loneliness

Mary Gaitskill’s Art of Loneliness Mary Gaitskill’s Art of Loneliness

Through her portraits of solitude, Gaitskill forces us to recognize those moments of subtle connection.

May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Maggie Doherty

How Should Unions Organize?

How Should Unions Organize? How Should Unions Organize?

In A Collective Bargain, Jane McAlevey makes the case for strike-ready unions and whole worker organizing. But in an age of globalized economies and climate change, is this enough?

May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / E. Tammy Kim

The Strange and Often Radical Pursuit of Immortality in Russia

The Strange and Often Radical Pursuit of Immortality in Russia The Strange and Often Radical Pursuit of Immortality in Russia

A new book looks at the history of a century-long movement to create life after death.

Mar 30, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Sophie Pinkham

The Protests That Made and Unmade Japan’s Postwar Left

The Protests That Made and Unmade Japan’s Postwar Left The Protests That Made and Unmade Japan’s Postwar Left

The demonstrations against the Anpo treaty remain the largest protest movement in Japanese history and yet their defeat cleared the path for decades of conservative rule.

Mar 3, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Colin Jones

Emma Copley Eisenberg’s Appalachian True-Crime Chronicle Upends the Genre

Emma Copley Eisenberg’s Appalachian True-Crime Chronicle Upends the Genre Emma Copley Eisenberg’s Appalachian True-Crime Chronicle Upends the Genre

In a conversation with fellow true-crime writer Rachel Monroe, Eisenberg discusses the pitfalls and potential of the evolving genre.

Jan 29, 2020 / Q&A / Rachel Monroe

The Journalism of Gabriel García Márquez

The Journalism of Gabriel García Márquez The Journalism of Gabriel García Márquez

His fiction and nonfiction can be seen as facets of a single, lifelong narrative enterprise.

Jan 13, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Tony Wood

The Secret Weapon in the Fight Against Climate Change: Worker Power

The Secret Weapon in the Fight Against Climate Change: Worker Power The Secret Weapon in the Fight Against Climate Change: Worker Power

Capitalists created the climate crisis. But a low-carbon labor movement can help solve it.

Nov 20, 2019 / Kate Aronoff, Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Thea Riofrancos

Carmen Maria Machado’s Genre-Bending Memoir Will Complicate Your Ideas of Queerness

Carmen Maria Machado’s Genre-Bending Memoir Will Complicate Your Ideas of Queerness Carmen Maria Machado’s Genre-Bending Memoir Will Complicate Your Ideas of Queerness

In the Dream House provides a new blueprint for how to write about queer abuse.

Nov 14, 2019 / Christopher Gonzalez

Andrea Long Chu Is Ready for Criticism

Andrea Long Chu Is Ready for Criticism Andrea Long Chu Is Ready for Criticism

In conversation with The Nation, the critic and theorist breaks down her nonfiction debut Females.

Nov 4, 2019 / Thora Siemsen

Down the Alt-Right Rabbit Hole

Down the Alt-Right Rabbit Hole Down the Alt-Right Rabbit Hole

Andrew Marantz’s Antisocial tells the messy history of how the far right went viral.

Oct 22, 2019 / Evan Malmgren

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