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The Violence Before Pride: On James Polchin’s “Indecent Advances”
Michael Nava looks at James Polchin’s "Indecent Advances," a queer history drawn from the annals of the early 20th-century criminal justice system.
Michael NavaJul 24, 2019
- Gender & Sexuality
- History
We Know Public Scholarship When We See It: On “America and Other Fictions”
Ben Railton reviews Ed Simon's recent essay collection, "America and Other Fictions: On Radical Faith and Post-Religion."
Ben RailtonJul 24, 2019
"The Spanish answer to Grey Gardens": An Upcoming Screening of El Desencanto
Aaron Shulman shares his love of the the 1976 Spanish film "El Desencanto" and an upcoming screening at Now Instant Image Hall in Highland Park.
Aaron ShulmanJul 24, 2019
Three Times
Jessica Riskin, Amit Yahav, and Christina Lupton teach us that we use time and reading to make sense of ourselves to ourselves and others.
Tita ChicoJul 23, 2019
There Are No Bootstraps: On Madeline ffitch’s “Stay and Fight”
E. M. Tran reviews Madeline ffitch’s debut novel, “Stay and Fight.”
E. M. TranJul 23, 2019
- Fiction
Reading Ruskin in Cataclysmic Times
Alexandra Milsom reviews Suzanne Fagence Cooper’s “To See Clearly: Why Ruskin Matters.”
Alexandra L. MilsomJul 23, 2019
When Ignorance Opens a Door: Gaza to Jerusalem
Ruth Ebenstein finds unexpected commonality across the Israel-Gaza divide.
Ruth EbensteinJul 23, 2019
The Fire Last Time
What our financial saviors have failed to grasp about the Great Recession.
Jonathan KirshnerJul 22, 2019
Mining Nostalgia
An exhibit of apartheid-era photographs by David Goldblatt presents them without adequate context and loses a huge opportunity.
Alex LichtensteinJul 22, 2019
The Great Deflector
Fran Ross’s mind was shrewd and skewering, and perhaps her writings will never sit easy among those who look for programmatic answers.
Scott SaulJul 22, 2019
- Biography & Autobiography
- Fiction
Watching You, Watching Me
Niall Murphy discusses the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the panoptic effects of state surveillance.
Niall MurphyJul 22, 2019
Minor Revolutionaries: A New Chapter in Queer Studies
Jack Halberstam on the next big chapter in queer theory.
Jack HalberstamJul 21, 2019
“My Life Is My Message”: Ramachandra Guha’s “Gandhi: The Years That Changed the World, 1914–1948”
Yugank Goyal reviews a massive new biography of Gandhi.
Yugank GoyalJul 21, 2019
The Inadequacies of Justice
Did Germany really pay for the Holocaust? Samuel Clowes Huneke reviews "Reckonings: Legacies of Nazi Persecution and the Quest for Justice."
Samuel Clowes HunekeJul 21, 2019
43 Reasons Everything in Seoul Is Good and Nothing Is Bad (or Something Like That)
Colin Marshall assesses just what's so great about Seoul.
Colin MarshallJul 21, 2019
Dispatches from the Future of a New China
“Broken Stars” gives voice to an eclectic group, serving as a who’s who of SF authors, critics, and other anchors in China’s burgeoning SF culture industry.
Nathaniel IsaacsonJul 20, 2019
- Around the World
- SF