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Your week in book news, in Venn diagrams.
By
James Folta
| June 6, 2025
Compulsory Silence: On the State-Led Suppression of Language in American Prisons
Amir Hussain Considers Prison Literature, Past and Present
By
Amir Hussain
| June 6, 2025
The World is Alive; or, How Robert Macfarlane Came to Trust His Senses
Daegan Miller on the Beloved Nature Writer’s Latest Work
By
Daegan Miller
| June 5, 2025
States’ Rights to Racism: The Existential Fight to Enshrine Civil Rights in the Constitution
Brando Simeo Starkey on the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments, Racism, and Federal Power
By
Brando Simeo Starkey
| June 5, 2025
The Wrong Story: Jeremy Atherton Lin on Writing Love and Politics
“We conspired to look unflinchingly at the messy parts.”
By
Jeremy Atherton Lin
| June 5, 2025
How Britain’s 1980s Anti-Gay Laws Impacted a Generation of Young LGBTQ Readers
Claire Lynch on the Legacy of Section 28 and the Parallels With Current Book Bans Across the Pond
By
Claire Lynch
| June 3, 2025
Best Reviewed
Books of the Week
From Charlottesville to the White House: How the “Unite the Right” Rally Altered American Politics
By
Deborah Baker
| June 3, 2025
Michelle de Kretser:
"I ask you—I beg you—to join us in speaking out for Palestine."
By
Michelle de Krester
| May 30, 2025
The revolutionary Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o has died.
By
Brittany Allen
| May 29, 2025
How Curtis Sittenfeld's "American Wife" Imbues Even Its Ugliest Characters with Nuance
Jessica Stanley on Political Fiction, Conservative Characters, and Curiosity
By
Jessica Stanley
| May 28, 2025
Hari Kunzru Reflects on Edward Said's
Culture and Imperialism
Thirty Years After Publication
“For every narrative there are counternarratives, and meaningful interpretations of culture arise out of an analysis of tensions and contradictions”
By
Hari Kunzru
| May 22, 2025
Saying No to Cop City: Reviving a Radical Black Liberation Movement in Atlanta and Beyond
Curtis Duncan on George Floyd, Police Brutality, Community Organizations, and More
By
Curtis Duncan
| May 21, 2025
The Abrams Union wants a "more equitable, ethical, and transparent” publisher.
By
James Folta
| May 16, 2025
L. Frank Baum’s Literary Vision of an American Century:
The Wizard of Oz
at 125 Years
Ed Simon on Grifters, the Chicago World Fair, and Oz as Symbol of a Modern USA
By
Ed Simon
| May 16, 2025
Does the Supreme Court
Really
Just Run on Vibes Now?
Leah Litman Explains the Legal Theories Weaponized by Conservative Justices Against the Administrative State
By
Leah Litman
| May 15, 2025
Enjoying the Sweet Stink of
The Gilded Age
in the Age of Billionaires
Danielle Teller on Sanitized Depictions of the 19th Century, Comfort Shows, and Income Inequality
By
Danielle Teller
| May 15, 2025
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