book reviews
Author Dan Hicks reveals the backstory of ‘contested objects’ in Western museums
March 18, 2021The role of museums in Western culture has been a conversation in art and academia for decades.
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‘Making it’ in America as pure fantasy: Ayad Akhtar’s ‘Homeland Elegies: A Novel’
March 17, 2021The book jacket describes Homeland Elegies as “[p]art family drama, part social essay, part picaresque novel.”
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From former Soviet Kyrgyzstan comes new book on Lenin’s 150th
February 1, 2021Lively, thought-provoking, and informative, its roots are in the ideas of a group of young communists living and working in Kyrgyzstan.
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Washington Bullets: A History of the CIA, Coups, and Assassinations
January 28, 2021Washington Bullets is a short, concise book jam-packed full of information.
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Compelling account of inspirational Black activist Claudia Jones in new booklet
January 8, 2021David Horsley’s focus is on Jones’s life in advancing class, race, and gender resistance to the racist system of imperialism in what George Jackson called “the belly of the beast.”
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