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Outlaws of the Atlantic & Much More
Says historian Marcus Rediker (Outlaws of the Atlantic: Sailors, Pirates, and Motley Crews in the Age of Sail): “Sailors actually played an important part in educating abolitionists about what...
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After We Kill You, We Will Invite You Back as Honored Guests & More
“[Ted] Rall—who will remind you as someone bylining Ramparts or the old Village Voice—travels to the little-visited, wickedly dangerous western regions and finds the same sentiments as in the east,...
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The Impulse Society & So Much More
Says debut novelist Elliott Colla (Baghdad Central): “Noir is where the clarity of moral divisions break down, the black and whites turn into grays. I was thinking about this particular moment of...
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How to Be Idle & More
“How to Be Idle — as compelling as it is humorous — is a celebration of idleness, a lesson in the importance of stepping back, slowing down, and taking a deep breath. By the end it becomes clear, [Tom]...
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Suspicious Minds & More
“I would bet that there are many people whose delusions now include the electromagnetic radiation associated with cellphones. The fact that the jury is still out on the long-term safety of cellphones...
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Soldier Girls & More
“A heartbreaking portrait of an America whose wars are increasingly fought by moms and grandmothers.” Here‘s a review of Helen Thorpe’s Soldier Girls. Grapes of Wrath at 75. Here. H.P. Lovecroft died...
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Rebel Souls & More
Says Justin Martin (Rebel Souls: Walt Whitman and America’s First Bohemians): “My subjects were a group of wild, decadent, and very talented artists, properly considered America’s first Bohemians....
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The Paying Guests & Much More
“In fact, in nearly all of [Sarah] Waters’ work, from Tipping the Velvet (Victorian slang for cunnilingus) to The Paying Guests, there are scenes in which cream-complexioned women cavort breathlessly...
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Founders as Fathers & Much More
“The often overlooked private lives of elite men who preferred the joys of plantation life (‘our own Vine and our own fig tree’) but deemed their revolutionary cause ‘a parental obligation.’” Here‘s a...
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A Brief History of Seven Killings & So Much More
Says novelist Marlon James (A Brief History Of Seven Killings): “One of my formative influences as a writer is Dickens, and I still consider myself a Dickensian in as much as there are aspects of...
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