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Books and Ideas
Books and Ideas news and analysis from The Nation
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December 22, 2020
…and to “very fine people on both sides” apologias for Confederate infamy.
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December 22, 2020
Ellis Island: A People’s History looks at the everyday injustices that have haunted the country’s stance on immigration for centuries.
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December 21, 2020
Her trilogy of novels, Vernon Subutex, tell the story of a city and its inhabitants’ capacity for radical change.
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December 18, 2020
Public Art, Yerbabuena Cultural Center, San Francisco, Calif. Photo by Alessandra Mondolfi.
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December 17, 2020
James Shapiro’s recent book looks at why Shakespeare has been a mainstay of the cultural and political conflicts of the country since its founding.
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December 17, 2020
His novels of imperial decline speak to a world that has remained at war since his youth.
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December 17, 2020
Vote reparations would empower us to replace oppressive institutions with life-affirming structures of equality.
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December 16, 2020
The disease of fascism spreads.
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December 16, 2020
A new anthology of her writing, Nothing but the Music, tells the story of her thrilling body of work.
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December 16, 2020
Reading revives historical memory in the flat Zoom time of pandemic.