Archive

UTLA Strike Exposes the Heart of California’s Inequality Problem
John W. W. Zeiser and Mansoor Khan discuss the history of Prop 13, and its implications on the current UTLA strike.
Mansoor KhanJan 16, 2019
The Closing Argument
Douglas A. Kysar contributes to the Provocations series, in conjunction with UCI’s “Fire and Ice: The Shifting Narratives of Climate Change” conference.
Douglas A. KysarJan 16, 2019
Bruise
Benjamin Aldes WurgaftJan 16, 2019
Axis or Allies? World War II and Latin America
Mary Jo McConahay’s “The Tango War” has the heft of comprehensive history and the drama of a spy novel.
Elaine ElinsonJan 15, 2019
A Layover in Greenlandic Fiction Via Niviaq Korneliussen’s “Last Night in Nuuk”
Katharine Coldiron explores the Greenland of Niviaq Korneliussen’s “Last Night in Nuuk” and finds the writing immature but promising.
Katharine ColdironJan 15, 2019
- Around the World
- Fiction
My L.A. in Four Locations: Junkyards
My L.A. in Four Locations is a running feature. This week, Robert Matt Taylor takes us on a tour of the Sun Valley’s junkyards.
Robert Matt TaylorJan 15, 2019
Thieves of Experience: How Google and Facebook Corrupted Capitalism
Whatever its imperfections, Shoshana Zuboff's "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism" is an original and brilliant work, and it arrives at a crucial moment.
Nicholas CarrJan 15, 2019
Climate Debates: On Data and Denial
Peter Gleick for the Provocations series, in conjunction with UCI’s “Fire & Ice: The Shifting Narrative of Climate Change” conference.
Peter GleickJan 15, 2019
Feasting on Precarity
Uber likes to pretend it isn’t a taxi company, even though it is. The difference is crucial.
Robin Kaiser-SchatzleinJan 14, 2019
- Economics and Finance
- Politics
With Love and Squalor: On Lili Anolik’s “Hollywood’s Eve: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A.”
Lauren Sarazen praises “Hollywood’s Eve: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A.” by Lili Anolik.
Lauren SarazenJan 14, 2019
- Biography & Autobiography
When Looks Can Kill: On Antoine Bousquet’s “The Eye of War: Military Perception from the Telescope to the Drone”
The gaze of warfare is the most penetrating known to humanity.
Anna FeuerJan 14, 2019
It's About Time
Peggy Weil contributes to the Provocations series, in conjunction with UCI’s “Fire and Ice: The Shifting Narratives of Climate Change” conference.
Peggy WeilJan 14, 2019
The Walls Speak: Excavating the Chinese Immigration Experience at Angel Island
Teow Lim Goh uncovers the ongoing effort by scholars and poets to preserve the Chinese immigrant experience at Angel Island through its lost poetry.
Teow Lim GohJan 13, 2019
- Cultural Studies
- History
Why Literature Professors Turned Against Authors — Or Did They?
The intentions of authors still matter, no matter what the critics say.
John FarrellJan 13, 2019
- Literary Criticism
Letter to the Editor: Matthew Clemente’s Response to Kevin Hart’s “A Return to God After God”
A response to Kevin Hart's review of "Richard Kearney’s Anatheistic Wager" and "The Art of Anatheism."
Kevin Hart, Matthew ClementeJan 13, 2019
- Religion
In Fine Feather
A gorgeous book documents the painting of a laboratory wall.
Bill MorganJan 13, 2019
- Art & Architecture
- Science & Technology