Books
‘Gathering Storm: A Story of the Black Belt’ book review
April 20, 2026Myra Page’s classic proletarian novel represents the complex, difficult unevenness between stated values and their partial expression through action.
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‘The Making of a Black Communist’: Valuable look at overlooked literary figure Eugene Gordon
February 9, 2026A valuable compilation of short stories, essays, and journalistic pieces from an impactful Black communist writer that more people should know about.
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Radical legacy: Revisiting Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ on 175th anniversary of her death
January 30, 2026The Netflix adaptation doesn’t do justice to the novel’s critique of illegitimate power and debates about tyranny, equality, and revolutionary reform.
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How Edward Bellamy’s ‘Looking Backward’ is looking ahead
January 26, 2026Revisiting Bellamy’s book, published in 1888, where capitalism has withered away
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Knowledge itself is under attack, but library advocates are fighting back
January 16, 2026From book bans to defunding, EveryLibrary’s latest report chronicles the struggle to save public access to information.
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