book reviews
Women achieve their hard-won agency: Two popular books in review
May 4, 2022Two highly popular novels are under review here, written by women and featuring heroines who overcome a great deal of male chauvinism to come into their own agency.
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‘Ballad of an American’: Composer Earl Robinson and working-class culture
April 27, 2022Best known for composing the music for songs like “The House I Live In,” “Joe Hill,” and “Black and White,” Earl Robinson’s music became a critical part of U.S. working-class culture in the 20th century.
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‘Recovering Ancient Spiro’: Remembering one of Native America’s most forgotten but important sites
April 12, 2022Spiro is considered by many scholars to have been at one time the single most powerful political and cultural entity in North America.
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On becoming police and prison abolitionists: But what about the murderers?
February 25, 2022While a reader may find certain aspects of her argument worthy of debate, the fundamental value of Purnell’s book and intellectual approach is one of openness.
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Not so nice: A history of Canada’s imperialist handmaiden military
January 27, 2022Stand on Guard for Whom: A People’s History of the Canadian Military exposes Canada’s role as the handmaiden of imperialism—first of the British, then of the U.S.
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