Violence Repeated: On Don Mee Choi’s “Mirror Nation”
Anabelle Johnston reviews Don Mee Choi’s “Mirror Nation.”
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Anabelle Johnston reviews Don Mee Choi’s “Mirror Nation.”
Brittany Menjivar reviews Nicolette Polek’s “Bitter Water Opera.”
Dashiel Carrera reviews Nicolette Polek’s “Bitter Water Opera.”
Manan Kapoor reviews “Songs of an Eastern Humanist” by Edward Said.
Catherine Chou discusses “Taiwan: A Contested Democracy Under Threat” by Jonathan Sullivan and Lev Nachman.
ISRAEL'S RECENT MILITARY ASSAULT on Gaza serves as a reminder of the continuing urgency of the Palestinian question, which has been a topic of...
Bob Blaisdell reviews Sophie Ratcliffe’s “Loss, a Love Story: Imagined Histories and Brief Encounters.”
Edward Carver reviews Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor’s “Solidarity: The Past, Present, and Future of a World-Changing Idea.”
Naa Oyo A. Kwate lauds Uché Blackstock’s grounded memoir about racism in medicine and denounces Constance Hilliard’s genetic explanation for Black...
Sarah Brouillette reviews Melinda Cooper’s “Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance.”
Jayson Buford revisits Curtis Hanson and Eminem’s “8 Mile.”
Zachary Gillan reviews Marina Yuszczuk’s “Thirst.”
Francesca Peacock reviews Lucas Rijneveld’s “My Heavenly Favorite.”
Josh Billings reviews Matthew J. C. Clark’s “Bjarki, Not Bjarki: On Floorboards, Love, and Irreconcilable Differences.”