David Palumbo-Liu

David Palumbo-Liu is the Louise Hewlett Nixon Professor, and a professor of comparative literature, and, by courtesy, English, at Stanford University. He has written three scholarly books and edited three academic volumes on issues relating to cultural studies, ethnic studies, and literary theory. His recent books are The Deliverance of Others: Reading Literature in a Global Age (Duke University Press, 2012) and a co-edited volume, Immanuel Wallerstein and the Problem of the World: System, Scale, Culture (Duke University Press, 2011). He is part of the Public Intellectual Project at Truthout, and blogs at The Nation, Salon, The Huffington Post, the Boston Review, and other venues.

Articles

The Sound of Our World Resurging
David Palumbo-Liu considers Linda Quiquivix’s “Palestine 1492: A Report Back.”
David Palumbo-LiuSep 8
- Politics
- History
An Urgent New Book for the Time Being
David Palumbo-Liu argues for the radical message of “The Book of Form and Emptiness” by Ruth Ozeki.
David Palumbo-LiuNov 17, 2021
- Fiction
Learning, and Not Caring: On the MLA’s Palestine Resolution
When professional mastery equals political quietism.
David Palumbo-LiuFeb 18, 2018
- Politics
It’s Not About Speech, It’s About Power
David Palumbo-LiuJan 11, 2016
The Opium Wars, Neoliberalism, and the Anthropocene
David Palumbo-Liu interviews author and cultural critic Amitav Ghosh.
David Palumbo-LiuDec 28, 2015
- Cultural Studies
- Politics
The Falling Apartness of Things
NoViolet Bulawayo interview with David Palumbo-Liu.
David Palumbo-LiuJul 20, 2015
- Fiction
An Interview with Freida Lee Mock About Her Film “Anita: Speaking Truth to Power”
"I knew that I wanted to tell the story of Anita Hill — who she was, where she came from, what motivated her in her work and life."
David Palumbo-LiuJan 30, 2015
- Film
Where We Are for the Time Being with Ruth Ozeki
Ruth Ozeki: "The novel, with its two narrators Ruth and Nao, is a kind of overt performance of these Buddhist propositions of interbeing and time being."
David Palumbo-LiuSep 16, 2014

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