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Who Gets to Tell War Stories?: On Phil Klay’s “Uncertain Ground”
Katherine Voyles and Nathan White consider Phil Klay’s recent book of essays on war, “Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War.”
Politics
"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins
Foundations of Solidarity: A Conversation with Anat Matar
Helen Mackreath talks with Anat Matar about her new book “The Poverty of Ethics.”
Republicans and the Purple Crayon: How to Fix Partisan Gerrymandering in Wisconsin and Elsewhere
Tom Zoellner seeks a way forward from gerrymandering.
An American Tragicomedy: On Andy Borowitz’s “Profiles in Ignorance”
Bill Thompson looks at “Profiles in Ignorance: How America’s Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber” by Andy Borowitz.
The Character of the Crisis: On Dylan Riley’s “Microverses”
Luisita Lopez Torregrosa considers Dylan Riley’s “Microverses: Observations from a Shattered Present.”
This Is Stealth Empire: On Raffaello Pantucci and Alexandros Petersen’s “Sinostan” and Franck Billé and Caroline Humphrey’s “On the Edge”
Valerie Hansen reviews Raffaello Pantucci and Alexandros Petersen’s “Sinostan: China’s Inadvertent Empire” and Franck Billé and Caroline Humphrey’s “On the Edge: Life along the Russia-China Border.”
History of Smut: On Kelsy Burke’s “The Pornography Wars”
Whitney Strub considers Kelsy Burke’s “The Pornography Wars: The Past, Present, and Future of America’s Obscene Obsession.”
The Photic and the Deep: On Sabrina Imbler’s “How Far the Light Reaches”
Michael Scott Moore reviews Sabrina Imbler’s “How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures.”
Good Evening, We Are from Ukraine: The Subversive Radicalism of a Viral Wartime Slogan
Maria Sonevytsky explores how a simple phrase became a slogan invoked by Ukrainian politicians, soldiers, intellectuals, and keyboard warriors.
The Eternal Return of Fascism: A Conversation with Rob Riemen
Natasha Lennard speaks with Rob Riemen about the new fascism and the values of European humanism.
How to Swim Against the Stream: On Diogenes
Costica Bradatan considers the lessons of the famous Cynic Diogenes.
C. L. R. James: Renaissance Revolutionary
Alan Warhaftig recalls his encounters with C. L. R. James, one of the finest public intellectuals of the 20th century.
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