Anti-gender activism brings us closer to authoritarianism
In the United States, gender has been considered a relatively common term. We are asked to check a box on…
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A critic has some ideas about our critical culture. Feel free to disagree
Book Review Without judgment: essays By Lauren OylerHarperOne: 288 pages, $28.99If you buy books linked to on our site, The…
Russell Banks found the heart of Trumpism
Book Review American Spirits: Stories By Russell Banks Knopf: 240 pages, $28If you buy books linked to on our site,…
How three jazz tones came together in 1959 to create 'Kind of Blue'
Book Review 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Bill Evans and the Lost Empire of Cool By…
When you grow up native and are criticized for not being “native enough”
Book Review Tender Whiskey: A Memoir By Deborah Jackson TaffaHarper: 304 pages, $30If you buy books linked to on our…
Maurice Carlos Ruffin's 'American Daughters' Confronts the Legacy of Slavery
Book Review American Daughters: A Novel By Maurice Carlos RuffinOne world: 304 pages, $28If you buy books linked to on…
'American Fiction' and 'Slow Horses' Win USC Scripter Awards
The writers of the Oscar-nominated film “American Fiction” and the Apple TV+ series “Slow Horses” took top honors at the…
Calvin Trillin paints the portrait of a disappearing journalism
Book Review The Lede: Dispatches from a life in the press By Calvin TrillinRandom House: 336 pages, $31 If you…
Lucy Sante recounts gender transition in new memoir
Book Review I heard her say my name By Lucy Santé Penguin Press: 240 pages, $27 If you buy books…
'The Bloody Nightgown' is a monument to the wild wit and unsentimental generosity of Joan Acocella
Book Review The bloody nightgown and other essays By Joan AcocellaFarrar, Straus and Giroux, 368 pages, $35 If you buy…