Want To Know the Future of the Art World? This Book Has You Covered
When the pandemic hit, the author and cultural consultant András Szántó didn’t let the crisis go to waste.…
Katherine Dunn’s ‘Near Flesh’ is a grim and gritty display of sinewy prose and morbid humor • Oregon ArtsWatch
Katherine Dunn (1945-2016) is best known for her National Book Award-nominated novel, “Geek Love.” A collection of her…
A Whole New (Yet Familiar) World
Classic kids’ book peeks into 1950s Alameda If you find yourself at a loss for something to read,…
Mapping shifts in the geography of tech innovation: China becomes a big player in AI research
The belief that China is a country only good at adopting technologies at scale has been a “misperception”,…
‘Let Only Red Flowers Bloom’ creates a gallery of contemporary resistance in China
NPR reporter Emily Feng traveled back and forth documenting the stories in “Let Only Red Flowers Bloom: Identity…
Quartermasters of Conquest by Christopher N. Menking | Book Review
In Quartermasters of Conquest: The Mexican-American War and the Making of South Texas, 1846–1860, historian Christopher N. Menking…
Football As Religion
In 2018, Rick Bass took the field as a member of the Texas Express, a semipro football team…
Life Writing
Jonathan Lethem is concerned with time. Time as an element of narrative, yes: His new book, A Different…
Step into the mysterious world of the Bohemia –
(Aug. 31, 2025) — Before I begin to sing the praises of Chris Pavone’s latest literary thriller, “The…
The freedom fighter tells her story – People’s World
Andrée Blouin pictured right, cover of ‘My Country, Africa: Autobiography of the Black Pasionaria,’ left Andrée Blouin was…