Books
Two new entries in the catalogue of progressive children’s literature
April 22, 2021These are the kinds of helpful teaching and socialization aids that parents need if they want to raise woke kids.
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Author Dan Hicks reveals the backstory of ‘contested objects’ in Western museums
March 18, 2021The role of museums in Western culture has been a conversation in art and academia for decades.
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‘Making it’ in America as pure fantasy: Ayad Akhtar’s ‘Homeland Elegies: A Novel’
March 17, 2021The book jacket describes Homeland Elegies as “[p]art family drama, part social essay, part picaresque novel.”
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti, a Veteran For Peace
March 1, 2021Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1919-2021
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Álvaro Cunhal’s prison novel ‘The Six-Pointed Star’—A chat with the translator
February 26, 2021The English translator of the latest Cunhal/Tiago novel shares the background to this epic story of life behind bars in fascist Portugal.
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