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House of Cards: On Sean H. Vanatta’s “Plastic Capitalism”
Carey Mott reviews Sean H. Vanatta’s “Plastic Capitalism: Banks, Credit Cards, and the End of Financial Control.”
Politics
"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins
Rejoice, Artists and Lawyers, at the Mutual Goal of Art and Law: On Yxta Maya Murray’s “We Make Each Other Beautiful”
Ishani Chokshi reviews Yxta Maya Murray’s latest book, “We Make Each Other Beautiful: Art, Activism, and the Law.”
Warlike Dreams of the Primate: On Vladimir Sorokin’s “Blue Lard” and “Red Pyramid”
Michael Scott Moore assesses the legacy of the Russian surrealist Vladimir Sorokin.
Hunger-Time
Alma Igra illustrates how, through the scrupulous caloric management of Gaza, Israel and the international community have weaponized food.
Imagine It Gone: On Megan Kimble’s “City Limits”
David Alff reviews Megan Kimble’s “City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America’s Highways.”
Fools Rush In: On Kenneth Anger’s “Scorpio Rising”
Kevin Gonzalez looks back at Kenneth Anger’s “Scorpio Rising” as a biker and a present-day political subject.
Same Old Song and Dance: On Robert Kagan’s “Rebellion”
Who is to blame for Trump? Bill Thompson reviews Robert Kagan’s “Rebellion: How Antiliberalism Is Tearing America Apart—Again.”
Dated and Dateless: On Susan Zakin and Brian Cullman’s “A Journal of the Plague Years”
Katie Catulle reviews “A Journal of the Plague Years,” an anthology on the COVID-19 lockdown and aftermath.
Trans Panic Otherwise: On Jules Gill-Peterson’s “A Short History of Trans Misogyny”
Juno Richards reviews Jules Gill-Peterson’s “A Short History of Trans Misogyny.”
Intended to Be Cruel: On Ana Raquel Minian’s “In the Shadow of Liberty”
Sara Campos reviews “In the Shadow of Liberty: The Invisible History of Immigrant Detention in the United States” by Stanford professor Ana Raquel Minian.
California Communism and Its Afterlives: On Robert W. Cherny’s “San Francisco Reds”
Matt Ray and Matthew Wranovics review Robert W. Cherny’s “San Francisco Reds: Communists in the Bay Area, 1919–1958.”
A Novelist with a Fury: Reading Arundhati Roy in the Present
Yogita Goyal explores Arundhati Roy’s wide-ranging nonfiction and unflinching political activism.
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