By Tony Wolk
Notes on Richard Wright.
All in Democracy
Sonia Sanchez
By Tony Wolk
Notes on Sonia Sanchez.
George Jackson
By Tony Wolk
Notes on George Jackson.
H. Rap Brown
By Tony Wolk
Notes on H. Rap Brown.
Frantz Fanon
By Tony Wolk
Notes on Frantz Fanon.
Angela Davis
By Tony Wolk
Notes on Angela Davis.
Sam Greenlee
By Tony Wolk
Notes on Sam Greenlee.
Chester Himes
By Tony Wolk
Notes on Chester Himes.
Alex Haley
By Tony Wolk
Notes on Alex Haley.
John A. Williams
By Tony Wolk
Notes on John A. Williams.
Bobby Seale
By Tony Wolk
Notes on Bobby Seale.
Circles Don’t Have Sides
By Pete Tothero
Circles don’t have sides, and Michael Lind’s review of Jill Lepore’s This America is beyond the pale.
“I’m Obviously Quite Unpleasant”
By Jennifer Ruth
The four interviews collected here have appeared before, but read together they deliver a strong impression of the who of Arendt. We know the what already. At least we think we do.
Art and Social Practice
By Alex Behr
“For this project, which is ongoing, I spend a long time with the people that I’m working with, all their stories, because I’m not interested in telling my version of their story. The goal is to do the best job I possibly can of being a vehicle to people to tell their story.” Wendy MacNaughton’s Meanwhile in San Francisco documents insular pockets: the mah jongg players in Chinatown, the regulars at the main branch of the public library, the swimmers at the Dolphin Club, and the single-room occupancy folks of 6th Street.
Ta-Nehisi Coates Writes His Way into American History
By Dan DeWeese
Among all of the cable television arguments, newspaper columns, social media memes, and political soundbites that attempt to supply explanations for how American culture has arrived at the place it is, We Were Eight Years in Power is what future readers will most likely look back on as the best entry in the new genre of How We Got Here.
Matthew Robinson Discusses The Horse Latitudes at Fiction Writers Review
In a Memorial Day post at Fiction Writers Review, Propeller Books author Matthew Robinson discusses (with Propeller contributing editor Thea Prieto) the challenge of writing about war.
Essentially Prisoners
By Sarah DeYoreo
On the morning of May 28, Sarah DeYoreo sent the following email to the 500-plus employees of Morrison Child & Family Services, where DeYoreo worked as a “milieu counselor” with unaccompanied immigrant children in Portland, Oregon.
Are Times Tough, or Is it Possible You’re Just Bohemian?
This popular quiz first ran in 2013. Are the questions still valid? Select the answers that fit you best, add up your points, and find out!
She Selected Herself
By Dan DeWeese
Citizenfour’s cinematic ancestors are not documentaries. Fahrenheit 451 is not about books. The current definition of “secret” appears to be “something everyone already knows and tolerates.”