Books
New book studies why Black women turned to the Communist Party in 1930s
June 14, 2023Historian Melissa Ford’s research explores Black women’s radical activism during the Great Depression.
Read more‘Novel’ and ‘news’ have the same root: ‘A Time Outside This Time’ reviewed
May 30, 2023This new book centers on a man writing a novel about the truth in the time of Trumpism. It unfolds through a journalistic prose style that conveys more fact than fiction.
Read more‘Audubon’s Rifle’: Predatory
May 4, 2023He’s known for painting birds, but he also cruelly killed them.
Read moreBook review and response: ‘People Love Dead Jews’
January 4, 2023These essays touching on the overall theme—“reports,” with a more corroborated affidavit —were mostly published in other venues before coming together as a book of 12 fascinating, elegantly argued chapters.
Read moreManuel Tiago’s ‘Eulalia’s House’: A powerful reminder of fascism’s ever-present danger
November 10, 2022Álvaro Cunhal offers a gripping retelling of the war against fascism in Spain from the vantage point of Portuguese partisans fighting alongside the Spanish Republicans.
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