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Getting Away with War and Torture
Scholar-activist Rebecca Gordon has published a bold new book that takes on America’s current age of injustice.
Jeremy VaronJul 19, 2016
- Politics
A Lab of Her Own
Hope Jahren’s "Lab Girl" offers a clear-eyed look back on a modern scientific career, finding both joy and pain.
Jeremy B. YoderJul 18, 2016
- Science & Technology
Claiming Its Legacy: On “Hamilton: The Revolution”
A review of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s and Jeremy McCarter’s book on the highly regarded, award-winning play, “Hamilton”.
Sunny Stalter-PaceJul 18, 2016
- History
Lyrical Paraphernalia: The Novels of Edna O’Brien and “The Little Red Chairs”
Thinking is the enemy of feeling, and feeling is the true language of the novel.
Clair WillsJul 17, 2016
- Fiction
Genome Tea Leaves
Sheldon Krimsky on "The Gene: An Intimate History" and "The Age of Genomes: Tales from the Front Lines of Genetic Medicine".
Sheldon KrimskyJul 17, 2016
- Science & Technology
Systemic Breakdown
Mervyn King’s "The End of Alchemy" is a book that demands close attention.
Jonathan KirshnerJul 16, 2016
- Politics
Connected Through Oppression: The Past, Present, and Future of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement
Insight on the #BlackLivesMatter movement and the ongoing struggle for justice and equality.
Justin CampbellJul 16, 2016
- Politics
The Lonely Hearts Club
Olivia Laing has found a canny, outward-facing architecture to hold up the viscous topic of loneliness.
Nora Caplan-BrickerJul 16, 2016
- Cultural Studies
- Memoir & Essay
The Eye That Tricks Itself
Leslie Parry on Martin Seay's "The Mirror Thief".
Leslie ParryJul 15, 2016
- Noir
Lost in Thought
John W. W. Zeiser on "Vaseline Buddha".
John W. W. ZeiserJul 12, 2016
- Fiction
Journey Through the World(s)
Stephen Muecke on "The Different Modes of Existence."
Stephen MueckeJul 12, 2016
- Philosophy & Religion
Carrying Our Neighborhood Back to Back
Remé-Antonia Grefalda reviews "Filipinotown", an oral history of Los Angeles’s legendary neighborhood.
Remé-Antonia GrefaldaJul 11, 2016
- History
- Memoir & Essay
Whatever Happened to the Future?
David Wittenberg on "Last Futures: Nature, Technology, and the End of Architecture".
David WittenbergJul 11, 2016
- Art & Architecture
- SF
Stranded on the Island of Reason
Eric Ormsby reviews “Ibn Tufayl: Living the Life of Reason”.
Eric OrmsbyJul 11, 2016
- Religion
Greek Tragedy, Cellular and Bodied
Christos Ikonomou on the effects of economic devastation.
Anne GermanacosJul 10, 2016
- Fiction
Understanding Arab Comics
Jonathan Guyer reviews “Muqtatafat: A Comics Anthology Featuring Artists from the Middle East Region”.
Jonathan GuyerJul 9, 2016
- Comics