Culture
‘Annette’ is a feverish musical exposing the absurdity of celebrity culture
January 11, 2022Annette is not a musical that will be easily forgotten. Points are made, just not in a straight line.
Read moreThree important books on race in America for deep winter reading
January 10, 2022Let’s consider a trio of books that can be helpful in gaining a deeper understanding of racism, both its practice and its ideological components, including in the current period.
Read morePiketty says it’s ‘Time for Socialism,’ but has no time for class struggle
January 10, 2022There is no mention of class or strategy in Piketty’s Time for Socialism. There is no mention of enforcing “peaceful co-existence” in his version of internationalism. Imperialism is no longer worth mentioning, even in the midst of...
Read moreBlues singer Bessie Smith shines in a new novel in memoir form
January 7, 2022If Bessie Smith’s story itself is an American phenomenon worthy of recapitulating in any number of artistic forms, it’s as a writer that Crittendon shines.
Read moreAnti-fascist lessons from a blacklisted Jewish Communist
January 6, 2022With hate crimes on the rise and democracy in crisis, the literature we study in schools has new purpose.
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