Culture
Lessons not learned: The Vietnamese experience in the Vietnam War
September 19, 2017American authors have primarily viewed the war as part of the Cold War chess game, largely neglecting the experience of the Vietnamese people.
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“Dayveon”: Growing up poor and Black in rural Arkansas
September 15, 2017Dayveon, the central character in Amman Abbasi’s new film, is a study in contrasts. He lives amidst great beauty and great danger.
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New book illuminates history and contradictions of the early Black press
September 13, 2017Claude Barnett and the ANP welcomed left and communist support when expedient, but jettisoned it as the political winds shifted.
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Book review: Rich depiction of Pacific NW and its people
September 5, 2017Many stories are from Tim’s youth on the family dairy farm in the Dungeness River Valley.
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“BALK!”: A fierce book of poems from the front lines of the class war
August 31, 2017Many poets would shy away from confronting the mess the right wing has made of America but not Al Markowitz. He lived these poems.
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