Beverly Gologorsky

Beverly Gologorsky, a TomDispatch regular, is the author of five novels, including the New York Times notable book The Things We Do to Make It Home and Every Body Has a Story. Her newest novel is The Angle of Falling Light. She was an editor of two political journals, Viet-Report and Leviathan.

Elderly hands

Aging in Trump’s America Is an Obstacle Course of Indignities Aging in Trump’s America Is an Obstacle Course of Indignities

As strand by strand of the safety net is plucked away until it’s shredded, aging in America is a fearful and destructive business. And Donald Trump doesn’t care.

Nov 13, 2025 / Beverly Gologorsky

Volunteers fill boxes at a food distribution center.

Everyone Has the Right to Food Everyone Has the Right to Food

For a country that projects itself as the richest in the world, hunger remains hidden by design.

Mar 15, 2023 / Beverly Gologorsky

What Is Organizing, Anyway?

What Is Organizing, Anyway? What Is Organizing, Anyway?

Change won’t succeed if we wait for it to happen from the top down. History proves that.

Jun 1, 2022 / Beverly Gologorsky

Ben Taub Hospital

Health Care in the US Should Be Affordable and Accessible Health Care in the US Should Be Affordable and Accessible

America’s broken health-care system extorts its patients just so they can access a basic human right.

May 9, 2019 / Beverly Gologorsky

Row house in Baltimore

In One of the Richest Countries in the World, Extreme Poverty Is on the Rise In One of the Richest Countries in the World, Extreme Poverty Is on the Rise

A new book shows the impact of the financial crisis on everyday lives.

Jun 18, 2018 / Beverly Gologorsky

How War Vanished From the American Novel

How War Vanished From the American Novel How War Vanished From the American Novel

Americans have been living in the shadow of war for at least a decade, but there’s remarkably little evidence of it in our art.

Dec 10, 2013 / Beverly Gologorsky

Ex-Prom Queen Goes Home Ex-Prom Queen Goes Home

Thomas Wolfe wrote that you can't go home again. Alix Kates Shulman disagrees.

Jul 22, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Beverly Gologorsky

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