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Data in the Hands of Profiteers: A Conversation with Mary F. E. Ebeling
Julien Crockett speaks to Mary F. E. Ebeling, author of “Afterlives of Data: Life and Debt Under Capitalist Surveillance.”
Julien CrockettJul 14, 2022
- Science & Technology
Rosecrans Baldwin on Los Angeles as a City-state
Jul 14, 2022
Activist Mothering
Suzanne Cope reviews Angela Garbes’s new book, “Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change.”
Suzanne CopeJul 13, 2022
- Gender & Sexuality
The Poetry of Revolt: On Christopher Soto’s “Diaries of a Terrorist”
féi hernandez communes with “Diaries of a Terrorist,” a debut poetry collection by Christopher Soto.
féi hernandezJul 13, 2022
All Things Visible and Invisible: On Joseph W. Ho’s “Developing Mission: Photography, Filmmaking, and American Missionaries in Modern China”
Kelly McCormick reviews "Developing Mission," the new book by Joseph W. Ho.
Kelly McCormickJul 13, 2022
- Art & Architecture
On Privacy, Paranoia, and Genre
Harrison Blackman looks at three recent books about privacy, surveillance, and film aesthetics.
Harrison BlackmanJul 12, 2022
- Film
Feeling Versus Argument: On Tom Conaghan’s “Reverse Engineering”
Declan Ryan reviews Tom Conaghan’s anthology of stories and author interviews, “Reverse Engineering.”
Declan RyanJul 12, 2022
- Fiction
Language for a New Landscape
Saikat Majumdar ponders whether the American creative writing model truly fits the needs of Indian students.
Saikat MajumdarJul 12, 2022
- Around the World
Pragmatic and Passionate, Cunning and Callous: On David S. Brown’s “The First Populist: The Defiant Life of Andrew Jackson”
Daniel N. Gullotta reviews David S. Brown’s new biography, “The First Populist: The Defiant Life of Andrew Jackson.”
Daniel N. GullottaJul 11, 2022
- Biography & Autobiography
The Banality of Gender-Based Violence: On Nataliya Meshchaninova’s “Stories of a Life” and Yevgenia Belorusets’s “Lucky Breaks”
Sarah McEachern reviews newly translated novels by Nataliya Meshchaninova and Yevgenia Belorusets.
Sarah McEachernJul 11, 2022
- Fiction
Children’s Maps of the American Empire: A Conversation with Mahshid Mayar
M. Buna speaks with Mahshid Mayar about her book “Rulers of the World: The American Child and the Cartographic Pedagogies of Empire.”
M. BunaJul 11, 2022
- History
How to Read English in India
Akshya Saxena tells us why English in India is A Good Thing to Have.
Akshya SaxenaJul 10, 2022
- Around the World
The Ruins of Christendom
Brad East reviews "Fully Alive," the new book by Stanley Hauerwas on Karl Barth.
Brad EastJul 10, 2022
- Religion
The Life of Art: On Frederic Tuten’s “The Bar at Twilight”
Carrie Cooperider reviews Frederic Tuten’s new collection of stories, “The Bar at Twilight.”
Carrie CooperiderJul 9, 2022
- Fiction
Janelle Monáe Offers Stories of Hope for Our Dystopian Times
Dan Hassler-Forest reviews “The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer” by Janelle Monáe.
Dan Hassler-ForestJul 9, 2022
- SF
This Is Not a Eulogy
Kimberly Elkins recalls a friendship with, and the death by suicide of, another member of New York’s theater world.
Kimberly ElkinsJul 9, 2022
- Nonfiction