The Lost History of Southern Communism The Lost History of Southern Communism
Mary Stanton’s Red, Black, White offers a close examination of the triumphs and travails of Alabama’s local Communist Party chapter.
Jun 1, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greene II
A Thrilling Snapshot of the New Pop Avant-Garde A Thrilling Snapshot of the New Pop Avant-Garde
Recent albums from Perfume Genius and Yves Tumor restore the power of genre-bending music
May 28, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Julyssa Lopez
Funk for the Future Funk for the Future
Nick Hakim’s bracing and politically urgent new album Will This Make Me Good is a different kind of love music.
May 27, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Marcus J. Moore
What Are the Roots of Global Inequality? What Are the Roots of Global Inequality?
At over 1,100 pages, Thomas Piketty’s new book offers us not only a history of economic injustice but also a program aimed at making it disappear.
May 19, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Cole Stangler
How Does One Tell the Story of Asian America? How Does One Tell the Story of Asian America?
Cathy Park Hong’s Minor Feelings grapples with the contradictions of Asian American experience in order to tell a story of solidarity.
May 18, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Jane Hu
‘God Friended Me’ Was the Strangest Show on TV ‘God Friended Me’ Was the Strangest Show on TV
Each episode of the CBS comedy-drama functions as a morality play for a peculiar worldview.
May 14, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz
The Making of the Radical Republicans The Making of the Radical Republicans
How did the struggle for emancipation become a mass politics?
May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
The Inner Life of American Communism The Inner Life of American Communism
Vivian Gornick’s and Jodi Dean’s books mine a lost history of comradeship, determination, and intimacy.
May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Corey Robin
The Long Shadow of Cultural Anthropology The Long Shadow of Cultural Anthropology
Franz Boas, Margaret Mead, and their circle sought to show the fallacy of biological and physical difference, but they also created new forms of categorization that reinforced thei...
May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Wilson
Sarah Broom’s New Orleans Saga Sarah Broom’s New Orleans Saga
In her new memoir, Broom reconstructs not only her family’s history in New Orleans but also the larger arc of black experience in the South.
May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Lovia Gyarkye