The Singular Power of Writing: A Conversation with Thomas Chatterton Williams
Otis Houston speaks to Thomas Chatterton Williams, author of “Losing My Cool” and “Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race.”
"Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors." — Simone Weil
Otis Houston speaks to Thomas Chatterton Williams, author of “Losing My Cool” and “Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race.”
Otis HoustonApr 12, 2019
A conversation with Michelle García, Carolina A. Miranda, and Fernanda Santos of “Rewriting the West,” a partnership between Michelle García and...
Stephanie MalakApr 6, 2019
Sean McCoy reports from the 35th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada.
Sean McCoyMar 17, 2019
Yelena Furman navigates “A World of Empires: The Russian Voyage of the Frigate Pallada,” by Edyta M. Bojanowska.
Yelena FurmanMar 10, 2019
"k-punk" is a primer in how to write cultural criticism today. If it is a catastrophe that we no longer have Mark Fisher, we at least have this...
Roger LuckhurstMar 9, 2019
India Mandelkern samples “May We Suggest: Restaurant Menus and the Art of Persuasion” by Alison Pearlman.
India MandelkernFeb 17, 2019
Aaron Winslow is stimulated by “The Human Reimagined: Posthumanism in Russia,” an “essential volume” edited by Colleen McQuillen and Julia Vaingurt.
Aaron WinslowFeb 12, 2019
Houman Barekat looks closely at “You Are Not Human: How Words Kill” by Simon Lancaster.
Houman BarekatJan 29, 2019
Alfie Bown considers how data shapes love and sex today.
Alfie BownJan 23, 2019
Gayle Rogers reviews Jonathan P. Eburne's history of unorthodox ideas.
Gayle RogersJan 21, 2019
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
Fabien Truong’s book is a thoughtful, well-crafted ethnography that humanizes the faceless, amorphous “Muslim youth” of the French banlieues.
Asma AfsaruddinJan 3, 2019