Book Review
Book review: ‘B-52 Down! The Night the Bombs Fell From the Sky’
May 7, 2025A story about a community-wide effort to overcome the odds to help the crew and get answers in the wake of a B-52 crash in their town.
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Darkest L.A.: Film Noir, Greed, and Corporate Graft in LaLa Land
April 16, 2025Five novels, five industries: New course examines how the postwar period set the tone for L.A.’s current reality of a vast income disparity, a crisis in housing, and frequent “natural,” though totally avoidable, disasters.
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The crime novel 2025: Expanding and contracting at the same time
April 11, 2025LYON, France — As times grow more dire, with a major recession looming, war and perhaps nuclear war always on the horizon, and the latest climate catastrophe filling each day’s headlines, audiences are turning to the...
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Book review: ‘Love is Solidarity in Action: Poems from the Frontlines of the Class Struggle’
April 10, 2025The latest book from International Publishers uses poetry to express the triumphs and struggles of the working class.
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‘The Optimist: A Social Biography of Palestinian Communist Tawfiq Zayyad’ book review
April 4, 2025Sorek’s book sheds light not only on Zayyad’s life but also on the layered history of the Palestinian movement.
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