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A California Story of a Slave’s Struggle for Freedom
Paul Finkelman reviews “Archy Lee’s Struggle for Freedom,” the new book from Brian McGinty.
Paul FinkelmanMar 26, 2020
- History
- Law
Life Out of Balance: Deb Olin Unferth’s “Barn 8”
Nathan Scott McNamara reviews Deb Olin Unferth's new novel, "Barn 8."
Nathan Scott McNamaraMar 26, 2020
- Fiction
America’s Long Game: On Emily Nemens’s “The Cactus League”
Mike Broida gets sent to “The Cactus League,” the debut novel from Emily Nemens.
Mike BroidaMar 26, 2020
- Fiction
- Sports
On Fear
Ilan StavansMar 26, 2020
Climate, Commonwealth, and the Green New Deal: A Conversation with Alyssa Battistoni and Jedediah Britton-Purdy
How the Green New Deal can reshape the politics of climate catastrophe.
Wen StephensonMar 25, 2020
- Politics
- Science & Technology
Women’s Animation and the Creative Feminist Politics of Social Change
Vanessa Cambier explores the intersections of feminist film study and the animation form.
Vanessa CambierMar 25, 2020
- Film
- Gender & Sexuality
Riku Onda and the Shin Honkaku Mystery
Tara Cheesman investigates “The Aosawa Murders,” written by Riku Onda and translated by Alison Watts.
Tara CheesmanMar 25, 2020
- Around the World
- Noir
Immigration’s “Malaise”
Marcelo Suárez-OrozcoMar 25, 2020
The Closeted Republican: Jessica Anthony’s “Enter the Aardvark”
Eric Farwell reviews “Enter the Aardvark,” the new novel from Jessica Anthony.
Eric FarwellMar 24, 2020
- Fiction
Like a Great Fish: Simile and Structure in Brandon Taylor’s “Real Life”
T. S. Mendola likes “Real Life,” the new novel by Brandon Taylor.
T. S. MendolaMar 24, 2020
- Fiction
Orientalism in the Age of COVID-19
Joey S. KimMar 24, 2020
Latinidad in the Age of Trump: On Ricardo Ortiz’s “Latinx Literature Now”
Renee Hudson considers Ricardo L. Ortiz's "Latinx Literature Now: Between Evanescence and Event."
Renee HudsonMar 24, 2020
“I don't know how we could bear it if we couldn't share in that weirdness”: On Disa Wallander's Becoming Horses
Nathan Scott McNamara talks with cartoonist Disa Wallander about her latest book, "Becoming Horses."
Nathan Scott McNamaraMar 24, 2020
Follow the Turnpike: A Conversation with James Queally
Rob Hart interviews James Queally about his debut novel, “Line of Sight.”
Rob HartMar 23, 2020
- Noir
When Einstein Was Just Another Physicist
Audra Wolfe shows how the banality of Einstein’s time in Prague is precisely the point of Michael Gordin’s new book, “Einstein in Bohemia.”
Audra J. WolfeMar 23, 2020
Reading Voltaire in Damascus?
Nile Green is enlightened by “Enlightenment on the Eve of Revolution: The Egyptian and Syrian Debates” by Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab.
Nile GreenMar 23, 2020