Peter C. Baker

Peter C. Baker is a writer in DeKalb, Illinois.

Bad Intelligence

Bad Intelligence Bad Intelligence

David Price’s long battle against anthropology’s collaborations with the national-security state.

Jun 16, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker

Critical Agents

Critical Agents Critical Agents

How J. Edgar Hoover’s paranoid view of literature led him to target African-American writers.

May 6, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker

Shelf Life

Shelf Life Shelf Life

Antal Szerb and the world’s stubborn magic.

Jan 21, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker

Suspicious Minds

Suspicious Minds Suspicious Minds

Joseph O’Neill’s Dubai novel, The Dog.

Dec 9, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker

Shelf Life

Shelf Life Shelf Life

How did “one person, one vote” become the rule for statehouses across the country?

Oct 7, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker

Shelf Life

Shelf Life Shelf Life

The secret history of invisible ink.

Sep 16, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker

Missing the Story

Missing the Story Missing the Story

How turning the Murder of Kitty Genovese into a parable erased its particulars.

Apr 8, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker

Shelf Life Shelf Life

Robert Neer’s Napalm: An American Biography; Juliette Volcler’s Extremely Loud: Sound as a Weapon

Sep 10, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker

Fight Clubs: On Napoleon Chagnon

Fight Clubs: On Napoleon Chagnon Fight Clubs: On Napoleon Chagnon

One anthropologist’s place in his field’s ongoing battle over questions of power, means and ends.

May 15, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker

Suspicious Minds: On Timothy Melley

Suspicious Minds: On Timothy Melley Suspicious Minds: On Timothy Melley

How thrillers inform spycraft, and the fictions that belie them both.

Dec 19, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker

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