The Factory is an indictment of capitalism: the way it uses us, the ways it…
Books
Black is the Body: by Emily Bernard
The essays provide a carefully rendered profile of a particular life, the many facets of…
The Worst Kind of Want: by Liska Jacobs
Worst Kind lavishes in the darkness of Cilla’s memories, experiences and repressed emotions.
The House of Broken Angels: by Luis Alberto Urrea
As white dominant culture begins to fade and other voices from the American experience take…
The Queens of Animation: by Nathalia Holt
While there were certainly a handful of women working on assorted projects, their contributions were…
Left on Base in the Bush Leagues: by Gaylon H. White
While Left on Base in the Bush Leagues is a fascinating and worthwhile book on…
Exhalation: by Ted Chiang
A worthy successor to Chiang’s previous work, showing a mind wrestling with Big Ideas –…
The Water Dancer: by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Water Dancer lacks the power of We Were Eight Years in Power and Between…
Janis: by Holly George-Warren
Janis feels like the most realistic, accurate and comprehensive look yet at Joplin’s short, tragic…
Frankissstein: by Jeanette Winterson
Frankissstein is a retelling of Mary Shelley’s gothic classic with a big red kiss of…