Book Review
Arise, Africa! Roar, China!: Black and Chinese Citizens of the World in the Twentieth Century
August 24, 2023Historian Gao Yunxiang documents the experiences of five individuals—W.E.B. Du Bois, Paul Robeson, Liu Liangmo, Si-lan Chen Leyda, and Langston Hughes—through the lens of anti-imperialist working-class struggles for freedom.
Read moreModern Yiddish publishing: New feminist horror stories by Elizabeth Schwartz
August 14, 2023Schwartz excels at word-painting the social environments she writes about.
Read moreA writer in his eighties fictionalizes his radical family history
July 18, 2023A good friend asked me to read his latest novel and, if I cared to, write something about it. I do care to.
Read moreChildren of the sweep: Novel remembers capitalism’s child sacrifices
July 10, 2023The new-ish historical fiction Infants of the Brush by A.M. Watson recalls a lost episode in the history of children’s lives under the rule of capital.
Read moreSocialist Eugene V. Debs celebrated in a graphic biography
June 20, 2023Bernie Sanders called him “the most effective and popular leader that the American working class has ever had.” Now, he’s got his own comic book.
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