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The Country of the Apocalypse: On George Black’s “The Long Reckoning”
Elaine Elinson reviews George Black’s “The Long Reckoning: A Story of War, Peace, and Redemption in Vietnam.”...
Elaine Elinson
Elaine Elinson is the former editor of the ACLU News and the co-author of Wherever There’s a Fight: How Runaway Slaves, Suffragists, Immigrants, Strikers, and Poets Shaped Liberties in California (2009), winner of a gold medal in the California Book Awards.
Articles
Unearthing Conflict and Complicity: On Kerri K. Greenidge’s “The Grimkes”
Elaine Elinson reviews Kerri K. Greenidge’s “The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family.”...
Toil and Trouble
A novel about an English witch hunt enlivens women’s voices missing from the record....
Before “Migrant Mother”
A novel of Dorothea Lange’s formative years in San Francisco, before she went on the road....
Vibrant Voices
An anthology of Chicanx literature dazzles....
Free Yet Flawed: On Sherry L. Smith’s “Bohemians West”
Elaine Elinson reviews “Bohemians West: Free Love, Family and Radicals in Twentieth Century America,” the new dual biography by Sherry L. Smith....
Home: The Most Dangerous Place for Women
Elaine Elinson reviews Rachel Louise Snyder's "No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us."...
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....
“Learn the Use of Explosives!”: On Jacqueline Jones’s “Goddess of Anarchy: The Life and Times of Lucy Parsons, American Radical”
Elaine Elinson praises “Goddess of Anarchy: The Life and Times of Lucy Parsons, American Radical” by Jacqueline Jones....
An Arduous but Triumphant Journey
Elaine Elinson on Susan Burton and Cari Lynn's "Becoming Ms. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women."...
Spain in Our Hearts: Adam Hochshild’s Latest
A look at the Americans who fought in the Spanish Civil War....
An Enduring Response to Injustice
Fred Korematsu was an ordinary man who took an extraordinary stand and ended up transforming not only himself and his community, but also the nation....
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