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abuse

Cosey Fanni Tutti - 'Re-sisters, the Lives and Recordings of Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe, and Cosey Fanni Tutti'
8 min read Sep 29, 2022

Cosey Fanni Tutti - 'Re-sisters, the Lives and Recordings of Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe, and Cosey Fanni Tutti'

An inspirational and controlled explosion showing the lives of three exceptional artists and visionaries.

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Jon Melrod - 'Fighting Times, Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War'
7 min read Sep 27, 2022

Jon Melrod - 'Fighting Times, Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War'

A palpable and fruitful recant of decades of union fights for decent worker rights.

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Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad - 'The Withdrawal - Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power'
22 min read Aug 20, 2022

Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad - 'The Withdrawal - Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power'

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Èdouard Louis - 'A Womans Battles and Transformations'
5 min read Jul 27, 2022

Èdouard Louis - 'A Womans Battles and Transformations'

On a silent retreat, meditation, yoga, writing, sex, and life come into a head and leaves it via these words.

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activism

Sarah Schulman - 'Let the Record Show, A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993'
9 min read Jun 4, 2021

Sarah Schulman - 'Let the Record Show, A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993'

A concise book around ACT UP, the HIV and AIDS epidemic, and resistence against annihilation.

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adventure

Julian Sancton - 'Madhouse at the End of the Earth'
4 min read Jun 14, 2021

Julian Sancton - 'Madhouse at the End of the Earth'

An extremely wild and entertaining adventure about humanity, life, and death. Men, huh?

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afghanistan

Norman Solomon - 'War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine'
20 min read Sep 8, 2023

Norman Solomon - 'War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine'

A book that shows how the USA and some of their media hide victims when necessary and bow to profit.

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Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad - 'The Withdrawal - Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power'
22 min read Aug 20, 2022

Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad - 'The Withdrawal - Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power'

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analysis

Peter Richardson - 'Savage Journey - Hunter S. Thompson and the Weird Road to Gonzo'
3 min read Jan 20, 2022

Peter Richardson - 'Savage Journey - Hunter S. Thompson and the Weird Road to Gonzo'

A pleasant read about an unpleasant and groundbreaking person.

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David S. Wills - 'High White Notes - The Rise and Fall of Gonzo Journalism'
8 min read Nov 10, 2021

David S. Wills - 'High White Notes - The Rise and Fall of Gonzo Journalism'

A chronological, rhythmically bouncy, critical, statistical, and at-times interesting ride into Hunter S. Thompson's writing.

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Josh Cohen - 'How to Live What to Do'
8 min read May 8, 2021

Josh Cohen - 'How to Live What to Do'

An introspective and mind-broadening book by a psychoanalyst who writes of other books.

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2 posts tagged

anarchy

Noam Chomsky and James Kelman - 'Between Thought and Expression Lies a Lifetime - Why Ideas Matter'
5 min read Nov 30, 2021

Noam Chomsky and James Kelman - 'Between Thought and Expression Lies a Lifetime - Why Ideas Matter'

A book of letters, biography, and ideas based in correspondence, speeches, and interviews, 1988-2020.

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Michael Beyea Reagan - 'Intersectional Class Struggle - Theory and Practice'
7 min read Jul 21, 2021

Michael Beyea Reagan - 'Intersectional Class Struggle - Theory and Practice'

An enchanting and richly woven thesis in book form that does its title justice.

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anthropocene

Geoff Dembicki - 'The Petroleum Papers, Inside the Far-Right Conspiracy to Cover Up Climate Change'
13 min read Sep 8, 2022

Geoff Dembicki - 'The Petroleum Papers, Inside the Far-Right Conspiracy to Cover Up Climate Change'

One of the most prescient books at this point in time shows who covered up the climate catastrophe and why.

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antifeminism

Kevin Lin, Rosa Liu, Eli Friedman, Ashley Smith - 'China in Global Capitalism: Building International Solidarity Against Imperial Rivalry'
11 min read Jun 11, 2024

Kevin Lin, Rosa Liu, Eli Friedman, Ashley Smith - 'China in Global Capitalism: Building International Solidarity Against Imperial Rivalry'

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antisemitism

Sarah Wynn-Williams - 'Careless People: a Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism'
25 min read Mar 21, 2025

Sarah Wynn-Williams - 'Careless People: a Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism'

A self-protecting and scathing collection of tales about the autocratic, world-beating, and kleptocratic machine that is Facebook and, ultimately, Mark Zuckerberg.

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art

Graeme Thomson - 'Under the Ivy'
7 min read Sep 20, 2024

Graeme Thomson - 'Under the Ivy'

A very kind and deftly written book about Kate Bush, musician, artist, composer, and poet.

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Cosey Fanni Tutti - 'Re-sisters, the Lives and Recordings of Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe, and Cosey Fanni Tutti'
8 min read Sep 29, 2022

Cosey Fanni Tutti - 'Re-sisters, the Lives and Recordings of Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe, and Cosey Fanni Tutti'

An inspirational and controlled explosion showing the lives of three exceptional artists and visionaries.

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Stefan Koldehoff - 'Art and Crime'
9 min read Dec 3, 2021

Stefan Koldehoff - 'Art and Crime'

A anecdotal collection of stories of how art and crime are more often used to launder money than display beauty.

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2 posts tagged

artificial intelligence

Noam Chomsky - 'A Livable Future is Possible'
14 min read Dec 2, 2024

Noam Chomsky - 'A Livable Future is Possible'

A collection of interviews with mainly Noam Chomsky, where he speaks of important matters.

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Madhumita Murgia - 'Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI'
10 min read Apr 5, 2024

Madhumita Murgia - 'Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI'

So-called artificial intelligence as it affects real human beings.

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artist

Ted Kessler - 'To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorized Unauthorized History of Billy Childish'
10 min read Jan 5, 2025

Ted Kessler - 'To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorized Unauthorized History of Billy Childish'

A fragmented and wild retelling of and with the person who is Billy Childish.

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Sinéad O'Connor - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'
7 min read Oct 25, 2024

Sinéad O'Connor - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'

An interview book from the 'last interview' series.

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Graeme Thomson - 'Under the Ivy'
7 min read Sep 20, 2024

Graeme Thomson - 'Under the Ivy'

A very kind and deftly written book about Kate Bush, musician, artist, composer, and poet.

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Robert P. Kolker, Nathan Abrams - 'Kubrick: An Odyssey'
11 min read Mar 22, 2024

Robert P. Kolker, Nathan Abrams - 'Kubrick: An Odyssey'

A big book about Stanley Kubrick's life in making film. Expect repetition, wild speculation, and a lot of wondrous facts.

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Jason McBride - 'Eat Your Mind, The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker'
8 min read Nov 30, 2022

Jason McBride - 'Eat Your Mind, The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker'

A breathing and passionate biography about a very important modern Western writer.

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Cosey Fanni Tutti - 'Re-sisters, the Lives and Recordings of Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe, and Cosey Fanni Tutti'
8 min read Sep 29, 2022

Cosey Fanni Tutti - 'Re-sisters, the Lives and Recordings of Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe, and Cosey Fanni Tutti'

An inspirational and controlled explosion showing the lives of three exceptional artists and visionaries.

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austerity

Rosa Rankin-Gee - 'Dreamland'
2 min read Apr 26, 2021

Rosa Rankin-Gee - 'Dreamland'

My review of this beautiful semi-fictional novel.

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author

Joyce Carol Oates - 'Letters to a Biographer'
11 min read Feb 24, 2024

Joyce Carol Oates - 'Letters to a Biographer'

Greg Johnson has edited a collection of Oates's letters to himself over a period of twenty-six years.

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autobiography

Nick Banks - 'So it Started There'
9 min read Aug 23, 2024

Nick Banks - 'So it Started There'

For the first third, a very enjoyable book about growing up, family, and music.

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Genesis P. Orridge - 'Nonbinary'
15 min read Jun 13, 2021

Genesis P. Orridge - 'Nonbinary'

An interesting and slightly nauseating view of P. Orridge's life.

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Sinéad O'Connor - 'Rememberings'
15 min read Jun 7, 2021

Sinéad O'Connor - 'Rememberings'

Kicking against the pricks (and other stuff), O'Connor has created a beautiful, jagged, funny, and harrowing autobiography.

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autocracy

Sarah Wynn-Williams - 'Careless People: a Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism'
25 min read Mar 21, 2025

Sarah Wynn-Williams - 'Careless People: a Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism'

A self-protecting and scathing collection of tales about the autocratic, world-beating, and kleptocratic machine that is Facebook and, ultimately, Mark Zuckerberg.

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band

Nick Banks - 'So it Started There'
9 min read Aug 23, 2024

Nick Banks - 'So it Started There'

For the first third, a very enjoyable book about growing up, family, and music.

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biography

Adam Plunkett - 'Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost's Poetry'
11 min read Feb 17, 2025

Adam Plunkett - 'Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost's Poetry'

A very well-written biography on arguably the most well-known North American poet.

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Ted Kessler - 'To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorized Unauthorized History of Billy Childish'
10 min read Jan 5, 2025

Ted Kessler - 'To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorized Unauthorized History of Billy Childish'

A fragmented and wild retelling of and with the person who is Billy Childish.

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Richard Balls - 'A Furious Devotion: The Life of Shane McGowan'
5 min read Dec 23, 2024

Richard Balls - 'A Furious Devotion: The Life of Shane McGowan'

A very straightforward and chronologically told story about McGowan's drugged and brilliant mind.

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Kate Conger and Ryan Mac - 'Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter'
29 min read Oct 9, 2024

Kate Conger and Ryan Mac - 'Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter'

The tale of a wearing-no-clothes self-appointed emperor and his 44-billion-dollar toy.

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Graeme Thomson - 'Under the Ivy'
7 min read Sep 20, 2024

Graeme Thomson - 'Under the Ivy'

A very kind and deftly written book about Kate Bush, musician, artist, composer, and poet.

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Jason McBride - 'Eat Your Mind, The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker'
8 min read Nov 30, 2022

Jason McBride - 'Eat Your Mind, The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker'

A breathing and passionate biography about a very important modern Western writer.

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Cosey Fanni Tutti - 'Re-sisters, the Lives and Recordings of Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe, and Cosey Fanni Tutti'
8 min read Sep 29, 2022

Cosey Fanni Tutti - 'Re-sisters, the Lives and Recordings of Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe, and Cosey Fanni Tutti'

An inspirational and controlled explosion showing the lives of three exceptional artists and visionaries.

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Peter Richardson - 'Savage Journey - Hunter S. Thompson and the Weird Road to Gonzo'
3 min read Jan 20, 2022

Peter Richardson - 'Savage Journey - Hunter S. Thompson and the Weird Road to Gonzo'

A pleasant read about an unpleasant and groundbreaking person.

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David S. Wills - 'High White Notes - The Rise and Fall of Gonzo Journalism'
8 min read Nov 10, 2021

David S. Wills - 'High White Notes - The Rise and Fall of Gonzo Journalism'

A chronological, rhythmically bouncy, critical, statistical, and at-times interesting ride into Hunter S. Thompson's writing.

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Laurie Woolever - 'Bourdain - The Definitive Oral Biography'
22 min read Oct 1, 2021

Laurie Woolever - 'Bourdain - The Definitive Oral Biography'

A radiant mesh of voices paint a wondrous, funny, and harrowing image of Anthony Bourdain.

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Laurence Rees - 'Hitler's Charisma'
16 min read May 5, 2021

Laurence Rees - 'Hitler's Charisma'

Terrific writing from a masterful historian makes this another great addition to the pantheon of books about World War II and human nature.

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biomedicine

Csaba Szabo - 'Unreliable: Bias, Fraud, and the Reproducibility Crisis in Biomedical Research'
13 min read Mar 20, 2025

Csaba Szabo - 'Unreliable: Bias, Fraud, and the Reproducibility Crisis in Biomedical Research'

A calm and cool story about how one can't trust a lot of biomedicine research results and how to fix the problem.

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bourgeoisie

Marlo Mack - 'How to be a Girl - A Mother's Memoir of Raising her Transgender Daughter'
4 min read Sep 30, 2021

Marlo Mack - 'How to be a Girl - A Mother's Memoir of Raising her Transgender Daughter'

A podcast first, now a book; a parent's story of a child who decides its own gender.

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capitalism

Sarah Wynn-Williams - 'Careless People: a Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism'
25 min read Mar 21, 2025

Sarah Wynn-Williams - 'Careless People: a Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism'

A self-protecting and scathing collection of tales about the autocratic, world-beating, and kleptocratic machine that is Facebook and, ultimately, Mark Zuckerberg.

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Liz Pelly - 'Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist'
22 min read Jan 3, 2025

Liz Pelly - 'Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist'

A milestone achievement on how the music-streaming business has become capitalism and how we can destroy the current system.

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Noam Chomsky - 'A Livable Future is Possible'
14 min read Dec 2, 2024

Noam Chomsky - 'A Livable Future is Possible'

A collection of interviews with mainly Noam Chomsky, where he speaks of important matters.

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Kate Conger and Ryan Mac - 'Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter'
29 min read Oct 9, 2024

Kate Conger and Ryan Mac - 'Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter'

The tale of a wearing-no-clothes self-appointed emperor and his 44-billion-dollar toy.

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Kevin Lin, Rosa Liu, Eli Friedman, Ashley Smith - 'China in Global Capitalism: Building International Solidarity Against Imperial Rivalry'
11 min read Jun 11, 2024

Kevin Lin, Rosa Liu, Eli Friedman, Ashley Smith - 'China in Global Capitalism: Building International Solidarity Against Imperial Rivalry'

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The Routledge Companion to Intersectionalities
35 min read May 31, 2024

The Routledge Companion to Intersectionalities

A big and modern collection of essays on intersectionality, edited by Jennifer C. Nash and Samantha Pinto.

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Viet Thanh Nguyen - 'A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir. A History. A Memorial'
6 min read Oct 3, 2023

Viet Thanh Nguyen - 'A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir. A History. A Memorial'

An author's battle with where he grew up, who he is, and where he's at.

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Jon Melrod - 'Fighting Times, Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War'
7 min read Sep 27, 2022

Jon Melrod - 'Fighting Times, Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War'

A palpable and fruitful recant of decades of union fights for decent worker rights.

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Geoff Dembicki - 'The Petroleum Papers, Inside the Far-Right Conspiracy to Cover Up Climate Change'
13 min read Sep 8, 2022

Geoff Dembicki - 'The Petroleum Papers, Inside the Far-Right Conspiracy to Cover Up Climate Change'

One of the most prescient books at this point in time shows who covered up the climate catastrophe and why.

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Stefan Koldehoff - 'Art and Crime'
9 min read Dec 3, 2021

Stefan Koldehoff - 'Art and Crime'

A anecdotal collection of stories of how art and crime are more often used to launder money than display beauty.

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Noam Chomsky and James Kelman - 'Between Thought and Expression Lies a Lifetime - Why Ideas Matter'
5 min read Nov 30, 2021

Noam Chomsky and James Kelman - 'Between Thought and Expression Lies a Lifetime - Why Ideas Matter'

A book of letters, biography, and ideas based in correspondence, speeches, and interviews, 1988-2020.

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Michael Beyea Reagan - 'Intersectional Class Struggle - Theory and Practice'
7 min read Jul 21, 2021

Michael Beyea Reagan - 'Intersectional Class Struggle - Theory and Practice'

An enchanting and richly woven thesis in book form that does its title justice.

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Rosa Rankin-Gee - 'Dreamland'
2 min read Apr 26, 2021

Rosa Rankin-Gee - 'Dreamland'

My review of this beautiful semi-fictional novel.

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Radden Patrick Keefe - 'Empire of Pain'
11 min read Apr 21, 2021

Radden Patrick Keefe - 'Empire of Pain'

My review of Keefe's brilliant dissection of the Sackler opioid-epidemic legacy.

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china

Kevin Lin, Rosa Liu, Eli Friedman, Ashley Smith - 'China in Global Capitalism: Building International Solidarity Against Imperial Rivalry'
11 min read Jun 11, 2024

Kevin Lin, Rosa Liu, Eli Friedman, Ashley Smith - 'China in Global Capitalism: Building International Solidarity Against Imperial Rivalry'

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cinema

Steven Bach - 'Final Cut'
9 min read May 19, 2021

Steven Bach - 'Final Cut'

A funny and scary ride through the making of one of the biggest monetary film flops.

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class

Michael Beyea Reagan - 'Intersectional Class Struggle - Theory and Practice'
7 min read Jul 21, 2021

Michael Beyea Reagan - 'Intersectional Class Struggle - Theory and Practice'

An enchanting and richly woven thesis in book form that does its title justice.

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climate catastrophe

Noam Chomsky - 'A Livable Future is Possible'
14 min read Dec 2, 2024

Noam Chomsky - 'A Livable Future is Possible'

A collection of interviews with mainly Noam Chomsky, where he speaks of important matters.

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Noam Chomsky - 'Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of Our Time'
20 min read May 2, 2023

Noam Chomsky - 'Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of Our Time'

Chomsky talks about the most current pressing matters currently on Earth, mainly the climate catastrophe and the threat of nuclear annihilation.

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Rebecca Solnit, Thelma Young Lutunatabua - 'Not Too Late, Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Optimism'
8 min read Mar 27, 2023

Rebecca Solnit, Thelma Young Lutunatabua - 'Not Too Late, Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Optimism'

An extremely important collection of stories about our current state and where we can be.

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Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad - 'The Withdrawal - Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power'
22 min read Aug 20, 2022

Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad - 'The Withdrawal - Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power'

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collaboration

Robert P. Kolker, Nathan Abrams - 'Kubrick: An Odyssey'
11 min read Mar 22, 2024

Robert P. Kolker, Nathan Abrams - 'Kubrick: An Odyssey'

A big book about Stanley Kubrick's life in making film. Expect repetition, wild speculation, and a lot of wondrous facts.

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colonialism

Vijay Prashad - 'Washington Bullets'
18 min read May 13, 2021

Vijay Prashad - 'Washington Bullets'

This excellent book on CIA, coups, and assassinations, is weighed, loaded with fact, and is (remarkably so) briefly written.

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corruption

Kevin Lin, Rosa Liu, Eli Friedman, Ashley Smith - 'China in Global Capitalism: Building International Solidarity Against Imperial Rivalry'
11 min read Jun 11, 2024

Kevin Lin, Rosa Liu, Eli Friedman, Ashley Smith - 'China in Global Capitalism: Building International Solidarity Against Imperial Rivalry'

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Madhumita Murgia - 'Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI'
10 min read Apr 5, 2024

Madhumita Murgia - 'Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI'

So-called artificial intelligence as it affects real human beings.

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Geoff Dembicki - 'The Petroleum Papers, Inside the Far-Right Conspiracy to Cover Up Climate Change'
13 min read Sep 8, 2022

Geoff Dembicki - 'The Petroleum Papers, Inside the Far-Right Conspiracy to Cover Up Climate Change'

One of the most prescient books at this point in time shows who covered up the climate catastrophe and why.

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11 posts tagged

crime

Csaba Szabo - 'Unreliable: Bias, Fraud, and the Reproducibility Crisis in Biomedical Research'
13 min read Mar 20, 2025

Csaba Szabo - 'Unreliable: Bias, Fraud, and the Reproducibility Crisis in Biomedical Research'

A calm and cool story about how one can't trust a lot of biomedicine research results and how to fix the problem.

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The Routledge Companion to Intersectionalities
35 min read May 31, 2024

The Routledge Companion to Intersectionalities

A big and modern collection of essays on intersectionality, edited by Jennifer C. Nash and Samantha Pinto.

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Norman Solomon - 'War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine'
20 min read Sep 8, 2023

Norman Solomon - 'War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine'

A book that shows how the USA and some of their media hide victims when necessary and bow to profit.

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Cosey Fanni Tutti - 'Re-sisters, the Lives and Recordings of Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe, and Cosey Fanni Tutti'
8 min read Sep 29, 2022

Cosey Fanni Tutti - 'Re-sisters, the Lives and Recordings of Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe, and Cosey Fanni Tutti'

An inspirational and controlled explosion showing the lives of three exceptional artists and visionaries.

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Jon Melrod - 'Fighting Times, Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War'
7 min read Sep 27, 2022

Jon Melrod - 'Fighting Times, Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War'

A palpable and fruitful recant of decades of union fights for decent worker rights.

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Geoff Dembicki - 'The Petroleum Papers, Inside the Far-Right Conspiracy to Cover Up Climate Change'
13 min read Sep 8, 2022

Geoff Dembicki - 'The Petroleum Papers, Inside the Far-Right Conspiracy to Cover Up Climate Change'

One of the most prescient books at this point in time shows who covered up the climate catastrophe and why.

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Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad - 'The Withdrawal - Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power'
22 min read Aug 20, 2022

Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad - 'The Withdrawal - Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power'

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Alaa Abd el-Fattah - 'You Have Not Yet Been Defeated'
3 min read Apr 9, 2022

Alaa Abd el-Fattah - 'You Have Not Yet Been Defeated'

A collection of writings by a leading Egyptian political activist.

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Pauline Baer de Perignon - 'The Vanished Collection'
2 min read Jan 10, 2022

Pauline Baer de Perignon - 'The Vanished Collection'

A detective-style tale of returning stolen art to rightful owners.

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Stefan Koldehoff - 'Art and Crime'
9 min read Dec 3, 2021

Stefan Koldehoff - 'Art and Crime'

A anecdotal collection of stories of how art and crime are more often used to launder money than display beauty.

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Laurence Rees - 'Hitler's Charisma'
16 min read May 5, 2021

Laurence Rees - 'Hitler's Charisma'

Terrific writing from a masterful historian makes this another great addition to the pantheon of books about World War II and human nature.

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Sinéad O'Connor - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'
7 min read Oct 25, 2024

Sinéad O'Connor - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'

An interview book from the 'last interview' series.

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Robert P. Kolker, Nathan Abrams - 'Kubrick: An Odyssey'
11 min read Mar 22, 2024

Robert P. Kolker, Nathan Abrams - 'Kubrick: An Odyssey'

A big book about Stanley Kubrick's life in making film. Expect repetition, wild speculation, and a lot of wondrous facts.

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Colum McCann, Diane Foley - 'American Mother'
5 min read Mar 15, 2024

Colum McCann, Diane Foley - 'American Mother'

A person's life before, during, and after her son is murdered and her ordeal becomes international news.

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Sloane Crosley - 'Grief is for People'
5 min read Mar 13, 2024

Sloane Crosley - 'Grief is for People'

A burglary, the death of a friend, and more.

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Amy Lin - 'Here After'
5 min read Mar 11, 2024

Amy Lin - 'Here After'

A lucid account of grief.

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Norman Solomon - 'War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine'
20 min read Sep 8, 2023

Norman Solomon - 'War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine'

A book that shows how the USA and some of their media hide victims when necessary and bow to profit.

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Robert Emmet Meagher - 'Albert Camus and the Human Crisis'
18 min read Oct 29, 2021

Robert Emmet Meagher - 'Albert Camus and the Human Crisis'

A wondrous trip through Camus, covering many of his thoughts of human life while painting a magnificent portrait of a person whose mind is desperately needed in this time.

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Lotta Fristorp - 'Benny - Drevet, döden'
5 min read Sep 1, 2021

Lotta Fristorp - 'Benny - Drevet, döden'

En kraftfull uppgörelse med de som fegt drev Fredriksson till sin död.

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Noam Chomsky - 'The Precipice - Neoliberalism, the Pandemic, and the Urgent Need for Social Change'
9 min read Jun 30, 2021

Noam Chomsky - 'The Precipice - Neoliberalism, the Pandemic, and the Urgent Need for Social Change'

The latest urgent book of interviews with Noam Chomsky also includes words from Robert Pollin and Ha-Joon Chang.

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Julian Sancton - 'Madhouse at the End of the Earth'
4 min read Jun 14, 2021

Julian Sancton - 'Madhouse at the End of the Earth'

An extremely wild and entertaining adventure about humanity, life, and death. Men, huh?

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desperation

Rosa Rankin-Gee - 'Dreamland'
2 min read Apr 26, 2021

Rosa Rankin-Gee - 'Dreamland'

My review of this beautiful semi-fictional novel.

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detective

Pauline Baer de Perignon - 'The Vanished Collection'
2 min read Jan 10, 2022

Pauline Baer de Perignon - 'The Vanished Collection'

A detective-style tale of returning stolen art to rightful owners.

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1 post tagged

dissent

Alaa Abd el-Fattah - 'You Have Not Yet Been Defeated'
3 min read Apr 9, 2022

Alaa Abd el-Fattah - 'You Have Not Yet Been Defeated'

A collection of writings by a leading Egyptian political activist.

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drama

Patric Gagne - 'Sociopath: a Memoir'
7 min read Mar 22, 2024

Patric Gagne - 'Sociopath: a Memoir'

A life told by a them-called sociopath.

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drugs

Richard Balls - 'A Furious Devotion: The Life of Shane McGowan'
5 min read Dec 23, 2024

Richard Balls - 'A Furious Devotion: The Life of Shane McGowan'

A very straightforward and chronologically told story about McGowan's drugged and brilliant mind.

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Sly Stone - 'Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)'
17 min read Oct 5, 2023

Sly Stone - 'Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)'

Following decades of silence, Sly Stone releases his own words in book form.

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egypt

Alaa Abd el-Fattah - 'You Have Not Yet Been Defeated'
3 min read Apr 9, 2022

Alaa Abd el-Fattah - 'You Have Not Yet Been Defeated'

A collection of writings by a leading Egyptian political activist.

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1 post tagged

empathy

Patric Gagne - 'Sociopath: a Memoir'
7 min read Mar 22, 2024

Patric Gagne - 'Sociopath: a Memoir'

A life told by a them-called sociopath.

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4 posts tagged

england

Ted Kessler - 'To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorized Unauthorized History of Billy Childish'
10 min read Jan 5, 2025

Ted Kessler - 'To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorized Unauthorized History of Billy Childish'

A fragmented and wild retelling of and with the person who is Billy Childish.

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Richard Balls - 'A Furious Devotion: The Life of Shane McGowan'
5 min read Dec 23, 2024

Richard Balls - 'A Furious Devotion: The Life of Shane McGowan'

A very straightforward and chronologically told story about McGowan's drugged and brilliant mind.

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Graeme Thomson - 'Under the Ivy'
7 min read Sep 20, 2024

Graeme Thomson - 'Under the Ivy'

A very kind and deftly written book about Kate Bush, musician, artist, composer, and poet.

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Nick Banks - 'So it Started There'
9 min read Aug 23, 2024

Nick Banks - 'So it Started There'

For the first third, a very enjoyable book about growing up, family, and music.

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ethics

Madhumita Murgia - 'Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI'
10 min read Apr 5, 2024

Madhumita Murgia - 'Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI'

So-called artificial intelligence as it affects real human beings.

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excerpts

Excerpts from Rosa Rankin-Gee's 'Dreamland'
8 min read Apr 27, 2021

Excerpts from Rosa Rankin-Gee's 'Dreamland'

Some quotes that I collected from this wondrously human book.

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facebook

Sarah Wynn-Williams - 'Careless People: a Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism'
25 min read Mar 21, 2025

Sarah Wynn-Williams - 'Careless People: a Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism'

A self-protecting and scathing collection of tales about the autocratic, world-beating, and kleptocratic machine that is Facebook and, ultimately, Mark Zuckerberg.

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fame

Graeme Thomson - 'Under the Ivy'
7 min read Sep 20, 2024

Graeme Thomson - 'Under the Ivy'

A very kind and deftly written book about Kate Bush, musician, artist, composer, and poet.

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Nick Banks - 'So it Started There'
9 min read Aug 23, 2024

Nick Banks - 'So it Started There'

For the first third, a very enjoyable book about growing up, family, and music.

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family

Sinéad O'Connor - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'
7 min read Oct 25, 2024

Sinéad O'Connor - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'

An interview book from the 'last interview' series.

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Bev Boisseau Stohl - 'Chomsky and Me: A Memoir'
18 min read Jun 15, 2024

Bev Boisseau Stohl - 'Chomsky and Me: A Memoir'

A thoughtful, funny, and loving memoir by Chomsky's assistant of 24 years.

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Viet Thanh Nguyen - 'A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir. A History. A Memorial'
6 min read Oct 3, 2023

Viet Thanh Nguyen - 'A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir. A History. A Memorial'

An author's battle with where he grew up, who he is, and where he's at.

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Èdouard Louis - 'A Womans Battles and Transformations'
5 min read Jul 27, 2022

Èdouard Louis - 'A Womans Battles and Transformations'

On a silent retreat, meditation, yoga, writing, sex, and life come into a head and leaves it via these words.

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feminism

Kevin Lin, Rosa Liu, Eli Friedman, Ashley Smith - 'China in Global Capitalism: Building International Solidarity Against Imperial Rivalry'
11 min read Jun 11, 2024

Kevin Lin, Rosa Liu, Eli Friedman, Ashley Smith - 'China in Global Capitalism: Building International Solidarity Against Imperial Rivalry'

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fiction

Zach Williams - 'Beautiful Days'
4 min read Jun 10, 2024

Zach Williams - 'Beautiful Days'

A visceral short-story collection by a promising debut author.

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Colin Barrett - 'Wild Houses'
4 min read Mar 1, 2024

Colin Barrett - 'Wild Houses'

A short-story radiant's first novel. It's worth reading and stands out.

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Susan Griffin - 'Out of Silence, Sound. Out of Nothing, Something - A Writer's Guide'
7 min read Jan 20, 2023

Susan Griffin - 'Out of Silence, Sound. Out of Nothing, Something - A Writer's Guide'

A brilliant little book that packs a lot of humanistic and powerful advice for all writers.

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Megan Nolan - 'Acts of Desperation'
3 min read Dec 14, 2022

Megan Nolan - 'Acts of Desperation'

A fiction book that borders very much on human experiences.

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Jeanine Basinger and Sam Wasson - 'Hollywood, the Oral History'
7 min read Dec 8, 2022

Jeanine Basinger and Sam Wasson - 'Hollywood, the Oral History'

A huge chunk of Hollywood history, from the 1920s to the current day. Expect anecdotes.

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Jason McBride - 'Eat Your Mind, The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker'
8 min read Nov 30, 2022

Jason McBride - 'Eat Your Mind, The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker'

A breathing and passionate biography about a very important modern Western writer.

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Geoff Dembicki - 'The Petroleum Papers, Inside the Far-Right Conspiracy to Cover Up Climate Change'
13 min read Sep 8, 2022

Geoff Dembicki - 'The Petroleum Papers, Inside the Far-Right Conspiracy to Cover Up Climate Change'

One of the most prescient books at this point in time shows who covered up the climate catastrophe and why.

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Emmanuel Carrère - 'Yoga'
10 min read May 30, 2022

Emmanuel Carrère - 'Yoga'

On a silent retreat, meditation, yoga, writing, sex, and life come into a head and leaves it via these words.

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Peter Richardson - 'Savage Journey - Hunter S. Thompson and the Weird Road to Gonzo'
3 min read Jan 20, 2022

Peter Richardson - 'Savage Journey - Hunter S. Thompson and the Weird Road to Gonzo'

A pleasant read about an unpleasant and groundbreaking person.

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David S. Wills - 'High White Notes - The Rise and Fall of Gonzo Journalism'
8 min read Nov 10, 2021

David S. Wills - 'High White Notes - The Rise and Fall of Gonzo Journalism'

A chronological, rhythmically bouncy, critical, statistical, and at-times interesting ride into Hunter S. Thompson's writing.

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Angela Davis - 'An Autobiography'
13 min read Oct 16, 2021

Angela Davis - 'An Autobiography'

This Black Panther's autobiography is today even more explosive than when it was first released.

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Michelle Glazer - 'fretwork'
1 min read Sep 29, 2021

Michelle Glazer - 'fretwork'

This poetry collection reeks of nature and repetition (in a good way) but is not memorable.

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Lotta Fristorp - 'Benny - Drevet, döden'
5 min read Sep 1, 2021

Lotta Fristorp - 'Benny - Drevet, döden'

En kraftfull uppgörelse med de som fegt drev Fredriksson till sin död.

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Ben Cardew - 'Daft Punk's Discovery, The Future Unfurled'
8 min read Sep 1, 2021

Ben Cardew - 'Daft Punk's Discovery, The Future Unfurled'

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Julian Sancton - 'Madhouse at the End of the Earth'
4 min read Jun 14, 2021

Julian Sancton - 'Madhouse at the End of the Earth'

An extremely wild and entertaining adventure about humanity, life, and death. Men, huh?

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Genesis P. Orridge - 'Nonbinary'
15 min read Jun 13, 2021

Genesis P. Orridge - 'Nonbinary'

An interesting and slightly nauseating view of P. Orridge's life.

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Josh Cohen - 'How to Live What to Do'
8 min read May 8, 2021

Josh Cohen - 'How to Live What to Do'

An introspective and mind-broadening book by a psychoanalyst who writes of other books.

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Will McPhail – ‘In - A Graphic Novel’
1 min read May 3, 2021

Will McPhail – ‘In - A Graphic Novel’

This is a masterpiece about the human condition, in graphic-novel form.

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Excerpts from Rosa Rankin-Gee's 'Dreamland'
8 min read Apr 27, 2021

Excerpts from Rosa Rankin-Gee's 'Dreamland'

Some quotes that I collected from this wondrously human book.

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Rosa Rankin-Gee - 'Dreamland'
2 min read Apr 26, 2021

Rosa Rankin-Gee - 'Dreamland'

My review of this beautiful semi-fictional novel.

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Anthony Bourdain and Laurie Woolever - 'World Travel'
8 min read Oct 6, 2020

Anthony Bourdain and Laurie Woolever - 'World Travel'

My review of a rock ‘n’ roll-meets-Lonely Planet travel guide consisting of Bourdain’s musings on TV, modern-day comments on places that featured on his TV shows, and features from elsewhere.

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film

Robert P. Kolker, Nathan Abrams - 'Kubrick: An Odyssey'
11 min read Mar 22, 2024

Robert P. Kolker, Nathan Abrams - 'Kubrick: An Odyssey'

A big book about Stanley Kubrick's life in making film. Expect repetition, wild speculation, and a lot of wondrous facts.

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food

Anthony Bourdain and Laurie Woolever - 'World Travel'
8 min read Oct 6, 2020

Anthony Bourdain and Laurie Woolever - 'World Travel'

My review of a rock ‘n’ roll-meets-Lonely Planet travel guide consisting of Bourdain’s musings on TV, modern-day comments on places that featured on his TV shows, and features from elsewhere.

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1 post tagged

forgiveness

Colum McCann, Diane Foley - 'American Mother'
5 min read Mar 15, 2024

Colum McCann, Diane Foley - 'American Mother'

A person's life before, during, and after her son is murdered and her ordeal becomes international news.

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fraud

Csaba Szabo - 'Unreliable: Bias, Fraud, and the Reproducibility Crisis in Biomedical Research'
13 min read Mar 20, 2025

Csaba Szabo - 'Unreliable: Bias, Fraud, and the Reproducibility Crisis in Biomedical Research'

A calm and cool story about how one can't trust a lot of biomedicine research results and how to fix the problem.

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Stefan Koldehoff - 'Art and Crime'
9 min read Dec 3, 2021

Stefan Koldehoff - 'Art and Crime'

A anecdotal collection of stories of how art and crime are more often used to launder money than display beauty.

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1 post tagged

friendship

Bev Boisseau Stohl - 'Chomsky and Me: A Memoir'
18 min read Jun 15, 2024

Bev Boisseau Stohl - 'Chomsky and Me: A Memoir'

A thoughtful, funny, and loving memoir by Chomsky's assistant of 24 years.

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funny

Steven Bach - 'Final Cut'
9 min read May 19, 2021

Steven Bach - 'Final Cut'

A funny and scary ride through the making of one of the biggest monetary film flops.

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gay

Gary Indiana - 'I Can Give You Anything but Love'
3 min read Jul 5, 2024

Gary Indiana - 'I Can Give You Anything but Love'

A memoir from a very talented beat-ish author.

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gender

The Routledge Companion to Intersectionalities
35 min read May 31, 2024

The Routledge Companion to Intersectionalities

A big and modern collection of essays on intersectionality, edited by Jennifer C. Nash and Samantha Pinto.

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Èdouard Louis - 'A Womans Battles and Transformations'
5 min read Jul 27, 2022

Èdouard Louis - 'A Womans Battles and Transformations'

On a silent retreat, meditation, yoga, writing, sex, and life come into a head and leaves it via these words.

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Marlo Mack - 'How to be a Girl - A Mother's Memoir of Raising her Transgender Daughter'
4 min read Sep 30, 2021

Marlo Mack - 'How to be a Girl - A Mother's Memoir of Raising her Transgender Daughter'

A podcast first, now a book; a parent's story of a child who decides its own gender.

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genocide

Sarah Wynn-Williams - 'Careless People: a Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism'
25 min read Mar 21, 2025

Sarah Wynn-Williams - 'Careless People: a Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism'

A self-protecting and scathing collection of tales about the autocratic, world-beating, and kleptocratic machine that is Facebook and, ultimately, Mark Zuckerberg.

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Teresa Aranguren, Sandra Barrilaro - 'Against Erasure: A Photographic Memory of Palestine before the Nakba'
6 min read Feb 9, 2024

Teresa Aranguren, Sandra Barrilaro - 'Against Erasure: A Photographic Memory of Palestine before the Nakba'

A powerful collection of images and stories of Palestine and the opposition.

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graphic novel

Will McPhail – ‘In - A Graphic Novel’
1 min read May 3, 2021

Will McPhail – ‘In - A Graphic Novel’

This is a masterpiece about the human condition, in graphic-novel form.

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greed

Sarah Wynn-Williams - 'Careless People: a Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism'
25 min read Mar 21, 2025

Sarah Wynn-Williams - 'Careless People: a Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism'

A self-protecting and scathing collection of tales about the autocratic, world-beating, and kleptocratic machine that is Facebook and, ultimately, Mark Zuckerberg.

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3 posts tagged

grief

Colum McCann, Diane Foley - 'American Mother'
5 min read Mar 15, 2024

Colum McCann, Diane Foley - 'American Mother'

A person's life before, during, and after her son is murdered and her ordeal becomes international news.

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Sloane Crosley - 'Grief is for People'
5 min read Mar 13, 2024

Sloane Crosley - 'Grief is for People'

A burglary, the death of a friend, and more.

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Amy Lin - 'Here After'
5 min read Mar 11, 2024

Amy Lin - 'Here After'

A lucid account of grief.

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1 post tagged

grift

Sarah Wynn-Williams - 'Careless People: a Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism'
25 min read Mar 21, 2025

Sarah Wynn-Williams - 'Careless People: a Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism'

A self-protecting and scathing collection of tales about the autocratic, world-beating, and kleptocratic machine that is Facebook and, ultimately, Mark Zuckerberg.

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guide

Susan Griffin - 'Out of Silence, Sound. Out of Nothing, Something - A Writer's Guide'
7 min read Jan 20, 2023

Susan Griffin - 'Out of Silence, Sound. Out of Nothing, Something - A Writer's Guide'

A brilliant little book that packs a lot of humanistic and powerful advice for all writers.

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Sarah Wynn-Williams - 'Careless People: a Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism'
25 min read Mar 21, 2025

Sarah Wynn-Williams - 'Careless People: a Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism'

A self-protecting and scathing collection of tales about the autocratic, world-beating, and kleptocratic machine that is Facebook and, ultimately, Mark Zuckerberg.

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Adam Plunkett - 'Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost's Poetry'
11 min read Feb 17, 2025

Adam Plunkett - 'Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost's Poetry'

A very well-written biography on arguably the most well-known North American poet.

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Ted Kessler - 'To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorized Unauthorized History of Billy Childish'
10 min read Jan 5, 2025

Ted Kessler - 'To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorized Unauthorized History of Billy Childish'

A fragmented and wild retelling of and with the person who is Billy Childish.

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Viet Thanh Nguyen - 'A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir. A History. A Memorial'
6 min read Oct 3, 2023

Viet Thanh Nguyen - 'A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir. A History. A Memorial'

An author's battle with where he grew up, who he is, and where he's at.

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Sarah Schulman - 'Let the Record Show, A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993'
9 min read Jun 4, 2021

Sarah Schulman - 'Let the Record Show, A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993'

A concise book around ACT UP, the HIV and AIDS epidemic, and resistence against annihilation.

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help

Robert Matzen - 'Warrior, Audrey Hepburn'
4 min read Sep 28, 2021

Robert Matzen - 'Warrior, Audrey Hepburn'

My review Matzen's straightforward, stuffy, and interesting book about the later part of Audrey Hepburn's life, focusing on her humanitarian work.

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history

Patrick Joyce - 'Going to my Father's House'
9 min read Jul 23, 2021

Patrick Joyce - 'Going to my Father's House'

A lovely ride through Ireland, decades, politics, religion, and England.

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human rights

Jon Melrod - 'Fighting Times, Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War'
7 min read Sep 27, 2022

Jon Melrod - 'Fighting Times, Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War'

A palpable and fruitful recant of decades of union fights for decent worker rights.

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humanism

The Routledge Companion to Intersectionalities
35 min read May 31, 2024

The Routledge Companion to Intersectionalities

A big and modern collection of essays on intersectionality, edited by Jennifer C. Nash and Samantha Pinto.

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4 posts tagged

humanity

Noam Chomsky - 'A Livable Future is Possible'
14 min read Dec 2, 2024

Noam Chomsky - 'A Livable Future is Possible'

A collection of interviews with mainly Noam Chomsky, where he speaks of important matters.

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The Routledge Companion to Intersectionalities
35 min read May 31, 2024

The Routledge Companion to Intersectionalities

A big and modern collection of essays on intersectionality, edited by Jennifer C. Nash and Samantha Pinto.

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Rebecca Solnit, Thelma Young Lutunatabua - 'Not Too Late, Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Optimism'
8 min read Mar 27, 2023

Rebecca Solnit, Thelma Young Lutunatabua - 'Not Too Late, Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Optimism'

An extremely important collection of stories about our current state and where we can be.

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Robert Emmet Meagher - 'Albert Camus and the Human Crisis'
18 min read Oct 29, 2021

Robert Emmet Meagher - 'Albert Camus and the Human Crisis'

A wondrous trip through Camus, covering many of his thoughts of human life while painting a magnificent portrait of a person whose mind is desperately needed in this time.

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humour

Sloane Crosley - 'Grief is for People'
5 min read Mar 13, 2024

Sloane Crosley - 'Grief is for People'

A burglary, the death of a friend, and more.

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1 post tagged

injustice

Noam Chomsky - 'A Livable Future is Possible'
14 min read Dec 2, 2024

Noam Chomsky - 'A Livable Future is Possible'

A collection of interviews with mainly Noam Chomsky, where he speaks of important matters.

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insanity

Kate Conger and Ryan Mac - 'Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter'
29 min read Oct 9, 2024

Kate Conger and Ryan Mac - 'Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter'

The tale of a wearing-no-clothes self-appointed emperor and his 44-billion-dollar toy.

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Julian Sancton - 'Madhouse at the End of the Earth'
4 min read Jun 14, 2021

Julian Sancton - 'Madhouse at the End of the Earth'

An extremely wild and entertaining adventure about humanity, life, and death. Men, huh?

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interviews

Noam Chomsky - 'A Livable Future is Possible'
14 min read Dec 2, 2024

Noam Chomsky - 'A Livable Future is Possible'

A collection of interviews with mainly Noam Chomsky, where he speaks of important matters.

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Sinéad O'Connor - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'
7 min read Oct 25, 2024

Sinéad O'Connor - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'

An interview book from the 'last interview' series.

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Anthony Bourdain - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'
10 min read Dec 15, 2022

Anthony Bourdain - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'

An interview book from the 'last interview' series.

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Toni Morrison - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'
2 min read Dec 14, 2022

Toni Morrison - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'

An interview book from the 'last interview' series.

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Frida Kahlo - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'
2 min read Dec 13, 2022

Frida Kahlo - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'

An interview book from the 'last interview' series.

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Joan Didion - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'
6 min read Dec 7, 2022

Joan Didion - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'

An interview book from the 'last interview' series.

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Billie Holiday - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'
4 min read Dec 5, 2022

Billie Holiday - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'

An interview book from the 'last interview' series.

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Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad - 'The Withdrawal - Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power'
22 min read Aug 20, 2022

Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad - 'The Withdrawal - Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power'

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ireland

Richard Balls - 'A Furious Devotion: The Life of Shane McGowan'
5 min read Dec 23, 2024

Richard Balls - 'A Furious Devotion: The Life of Shane McGowan'

A very straightforward and chronologically told story about McGowan's drugged and brilliant mind.

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Sinéad O'Connor - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'
7 min read Oct 25, 2024

Sinéad O'Connor - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'

An interview book from the 'last interview' series.

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Colin Barrett - 'Wild Houses'
4 min read Mar 1, 2024

Colin Barrett - 'Wild Houses'

A short-story radiant's first novel. It's worth reading and stands out.

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israel

Teresa Aranguren, Sandra Barrilaro - 'Against Erasure: A Photographic Memory of Palestine before the Nakba'
6 min read Feb 9, 2024

Teresa Aranguren, Sandra Barrilaro - 'Against Erasure: A Photographic Memory of Palestine before the Nakba'

A powerful collection of images and stories of Palestine and the opposition.

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Norman Solomon - 'War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine'
20 min read Sep 8, 2023

Norman Solomon - 'War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine'

A book that shows how the USA and some of their media hide victims when necessary and bow to profit.

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Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad - 'The Withdrawal - Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power'
22 min read Aug 20, 2022

Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad - 'The Withdrawal - Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power'

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kleptocracy

Liz Pelly - 'Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist'
22 min read Jan 3, 2025

Liz Pelly - 'Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist'

A milestone achievement on how the music-streaming business has become capitalism and how we can destroy the current system.

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language

William Zinsser - 'On Writing Well'
9 min read Apr 29, 2021

William Zinsser - 'On Writing Well'

This style guide has sold over a million copies and is useful for writers of all sorts.

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law

The Routledge Companion to Intersectionalities
35 min read May 31, 2024

The Routledge Companion to Intersectionalities

A big and modern collection of essays on intersectionality, edited by Jennifer C. Nash and Samantha Pinto.

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letters

Joyce Carol Oates - 'Letters to a Biographer'
11 min read Feb 24, 2024

Joyce Carol Oates - 'Letters to a Biographer'

Greg Johnson has edited a collection of Oates's letters to himself over a period of twenty-six years.

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libya

Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad - 'The Withdrawal - Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power'
22 min read Aug 20, 2022

Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad - 'The Withdrawal - Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power'

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Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad - 'The Withdrawal - Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power'
22 min read Aug 20, 2022

Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad - 'The Withdrawal - Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power'

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lies

Sarah Wynn-Williams - 'Careless People: a Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism'
25 min read Mar 21, 2025

Sarah Wynn-Williams - 'Careless People: a Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism'

A self-protecting and scathing collection of tales about the autocratic, world-beating, and kleptocratic machine that is Facebook and, ultimately, Mark Zuckerberg.

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Lotta Fristorp - 'Benny - Drevet, döden'
5 min read Sep 1, 2021

Lotta Fristorp - 'Benny - Drevet, döden'

En kraftfull uppgörelse med de som fegt drev Fredriksson till sin död.

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life

Adam Plunkett - 'Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost's Poetry'
11 min read Feb 17, 2025

Adam Plunkett - 'Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost's Poetry'

A very well-written biography on arguably the most well-known North American poet.

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Ted Kessler - 'To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorized Unauthorized History of Billy Childish'
10 min read Jan 5, 2025

Ted Kessler - 'To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorized Unauthorized History of Billy Childish'

A fragmented and wild retelling of and with the person who is Billy Childish.

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Richard Balls - 'A Furious Devotion: The Life of Shane McGowan'
5 min read Dec 23, 2024

Richard Balls - 'A Furious Devotion: The Life of Shane McGowan'

A very straightforward and chronologically told story about McGowan's drugged and brilliant mind.

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Noam Chomsky - 'A Livable Future is Possible'
14 min read Dec 2, 2024

Noam Chomsky - 'A Livable Future is Possible'

A collection of interviews with mainly Noam Chomsky, where he speaks of important matters.

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Sinéad O'Connor - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'
7 min read Oct 25, 2024

Sinéad O'Connor - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'

An interview book from the 'last interview' series.

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Gary Indiana - 'I Can Give You Anything but Love'
3 min read Jul 5, 2024

Gary Indiana - 'I Can Give You Anything but Love'

A memoir from a very talented beat-ish author.

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The Routledge Companion to Intersectionalities
35 min read May 31, 2024

The Routledge Companion to Intersectionalities

A big and modern collection of essays on intersectionality, edited by Jennifer C. Nash and Samantha Pinto.

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Robert P. Kolker, Nathan Abrams - 'Kubrick: An Odyssey'
11 min read Mar 22, 2024

Robert P. Kolker, Nathan Abrams - 'Kubrick: An Odyssey'

A big book about Stanley Kubrick's life in making film. Expect repetition, wild speculation, and a lot of wondrous facts.

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Patric Gagne - 'Sociopath: a Memoir'
7 min read Mar 22, 2024

Patric Gagne - 'Sociopath: a Memoir'

A life told by a them-called sociopath.

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Colum McCann, Diane Foley - 'American Mother'
5 min read Mar 15, 2024

Colum McCann, Diane Foley - 'American Mother'

A person's life before, during, and after her son is murdered and her ordeal becomes international news.

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Sloane Crosley - 'Grief is for People'
5 min read Mar 13, 2024

Sloane Crosley - 'Grief is for People'

A burglary, the death of a friend, and more.

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Amy Lin - 'Here After'
5 min read Mar 11, 2024

Amy Lin - 'Here After'

A lucid account of grief.

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Joyce Carol Oates - 'Letters to a Biographer'
11 min read Feb 24, 2024

Joyce Carol Oates - 'Letters to a Biographer'

Greg Johnson has edited a collection of Oates's letters to himself over a period of twenty-six years.

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Teresa Aranguren, Sandra Barrilaro - 'Against Erasure: A Photographic Memory of Palestine before the Nakba'
6 min read Feb 9, 2024

Teresa Aranguren, Sandra Barrilaro - 'Against Erasure: A Photographic Memory of Palestine before the Nakba'

A powerful collection of images and stories of Palestine and the opposition.

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Sly Stone - 'Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)'
17 min read Oct 5, 2023

Sly Stone - 'Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)'

Following decades of silence, Sly Stone releases his own words in book form.

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Èdouard Louis - 'A Womans Battles and Transformations'
5 min read Jul 27, 2022

Èdouard Louis - 'A Womans Battles and Transformations'

On a silent retreat, meditation, yoga, writing, sex, and life come into a head and leaves it via these words.

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Emmanuel Carrère - 'Yoga'
10 min read May 30, 2022

Emmanuel Carrère - 'Yoga'

On a silent retreat, meditation, yoga, writing, sex, and life come into a head and leaves it via these words.

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Robert Emmet Meagher - 'Albert Camus and the Human Crisis'
18 min read Oct 29, 2021

Robert Emmet Meagher - 'Albert Camus and the Human Crisis'

A wondrous trip through Camus, covering many of his thoughts of human life while painting a magnificent portrait of a person whose mind is desperately needed in this time.

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Laurie Woolever - 'Bourdain - The Definitive Oral Biography'
22 min read Oct 1, 2021

Laurie Woolever - 'Bourdain - The Definitive Oral Biography'

A radiant mesh of voices paint a wondrous, funny, and harrowing image of Anthony Bourdain.

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Robert Matzen - 'Warrior, Audrey Hepburn'
4 min read Sep 28, 2021

Robert Matzen - 'Warrior, Audrey Hepburn'

My review Matzen's straightforward, stuffy, and interesting book about the later part of Audrey Hepburn's life, focusing on her humanitarian work.

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Daniel de Visé - 'King of The Blues'
13 min read Sep 15, 2021

Daniel de Visé - 'King of The Blues'

My review of Daniel de Visé's straightforward biography of B.B. King.

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Noam Chomsky - 'The Precipice - Neoliberalism, the Pandemic, and the Urgent Need for Social Change'
9 min read Jun 30, 2021

Noam Chomsky - 'The Precipice - Neoliberalism, the Pandemic, and the Urgent Need for Social Change'

The latest urgent book of interviews with Noam Chomsky also includes words from Robert Pollin and Ha-Joon Chang.

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Julian Sancton - 'Madhouse at the End of the Earth'
4 min read Jun 14, 2021

Julian Sancton - 'Madhouse at the End of the Earth'

An extremely wild and entertaining adventure about humanity, life, and death. Men, huh?

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Genesis P. Orridge - 'Nonbinary'
15 min read Jun 13, 2021

Genesis P. Orridge - 'Nonbinary'

An interesting and slightly nauseating view of P. Orridge's life.

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Sinéad O'Connor - 'Rememberings'
15 min read Jun 7, 2021

Sinéad O'Connor - 'Rememberings'

Kicking against the pricks (and other stuff), O'Connor has created a beautiful, jagged, funny, and harrowing autobiography.

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Sarah Schulman - 'Let the Record Show, A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993'
9 min read Jun 4, 2021

Sarah Schulman - 'Let the Record Show, A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993'

A concise book around ACT UP, the HIV and AIDS epidemic, and resistence against annihilation.

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Josh Cohen - 'How to Live What to Do'
8 min read May 8, 2021

Josh Cohen - 'How to Live What to Do'

An introspective and mind-broadening book by a psychoanalyst who writes of other books.

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Laurence Rees - 'Hitler's Charisma'
16 min read May 5, 2021

Laurence Rees - 'Hitler's Charisma'

Terrific writing from a masterful historian makes this another great addition to the pantheon of books about World War II and human nature.

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Will McPhail – ‘In - A Graphic Novel’
1 min read May 3, 2021

Will McPhail – ‘In - A Graphic Novel’

This is a masterpiece about the human condition, in graphic-novel form.

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Adam Plunkett - 'Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost's Poetry'
11 min read Feb 17, 2025

Adam Plunkett - 'Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost's Poetry'

A very well-written biography on arguably the most well-known North American poet.

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Ted Kessler - 'To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorized Unauthorized History of Billy Childish'
10 min read Jan 5, 2025

Ted Kessler - 'To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorized Unauthorized History of Billy Childish'

A fragmented and wild retelling of and with the person who is Billy Childish.

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Richard Balls - 'A Furious Devotion: The Life of Shane McGowan'
5 min read Dec 23, 2024

Richard Balls - 'A Furious Devotion: The Life of Shane McGowan'

A very straightforward and chronologically told story about McGowan's drugged and brilliant mind.

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Sinéad O'Connor - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'
7 min read Oct 25, 2024

Sinéad O'Connor - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'

An interview book from the 'last interview' series.

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Gary Indiana - 'I Can Give You Anything but Love'
3 min read Jul 5, 2024

Gary Indiana - 'I Can Give You Anything but Love'

A memoir from a very talented beat-ish author.

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Bev Boisseau Stohl - 'Chomsky and Me: A Memoir'
18 min read Jun 15, 2024

Bev Boisseau Stohl - 'Chomsky and Me: A Memoir'

A thoughtful, funny, and loving memoir by Chomsky's assistant of 24 years.

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The Routledge Companion to Intersectionalities
35 min read May 31, 2024

The Routledge Companion to Intersectionalities

A big and modern collection of essays on intersectionality, edited by Jennifer C. Nash and Samantha Pinto.

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Robert P. Kolker, Nathan Abrams - 'Kubrick: An Odyssey'
11 min read Mar 22, 2024

Robert P. Kolker, Nathan Abrams - 'Kubrick: An Odyssey'

A big book about Stanley Kubrick's life in making film. Expect repetition, wild speculation, and a lot of wondrous facts.

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Viet Thanh Nguyen - 'A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir. A History. A Memorial'
6 min read Oct 3, 2023

Viet Thanh Nguyen - 'A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir. A History. A Memorial'

An author's battle with where he grew up, who he is, and where he's at.

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Megan Nolan - 'Acts of Desperation'
3 min read Dec 14, 2022

Megan Nolan - 'Acts of Desperation'

A fiction book that borders very much on human experiences.

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Sarah Schulman - 'Let the Record Show, A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993'
9 min read Jun 4, 2021

Sarah Schulman - 'Let the Record Show, A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993'

A concise book around ACT UP, the HIV and AIDS epidemic, and resistence against annihilation.

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Will McPhail – ‘In - A Graphic Novel’
1 min read May 3, 2021

Will McPhail – ‘In - A Graphic Novel’

This is a masterpiece about the human condition, in graphic-novel form.

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Rosa Rankin-Gee - 'Dreamland'
2 min read Apr 26, 2021

Rosa Rankin-Gee - 'Dreamland'

My review of this beautiful semi-fictional novel.

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Norman Solomon - 'War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine'
20 min read Sep 8, 2023

Norman Solomon - 'War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine'

A book that shows how the USA and some of their media hide victims when necessary and bow to profit.

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Lotta Fristorp - 'Benny - Drevet, döden'
5 min read Sep 1, 2021

Lotta Fristorp - 'Benny - Drevet, döden'

En kraftfull uppgörelse med de som fegt drev Fredriksson till sin död.

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Bev Boisseau Stohl - 'Chomsky and Me: A Memoir'
18 min read Jun 15, 2024

Bev Boisseau Stohl - 'Chomsky and Me: A Memoir'

A thoughtful, funny, and loving memoir by Chomsky's assistant of 24 years.

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Alexander Kriss - 'Borderline: The Biography of a Personality Disorder'
4 min read Apr 15, 2024

Alexander Kriss - 'Borderline: The Biography of a Personality Disorder'

A powerful collection of images and stories of Palestine and the opposition.

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D. X. Ferris - 'Reign in Blood'
4 min read Aug 29, 2023

D. X. Ferris - 'Reign in Blood'

A book entirely about Slayer's masterpiece album 'Reign in Blood'. The book is short and packs a punch, like the album.

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Patrick Joyce - 'Going to my Father's House'
9 min read Jul 23, 2021

Patrick Joyce - 'Going to my Father's House'

A lovely ride through Ireland, decades, politics, religion, and England.

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Sinéad O'Connor - 'Rememberings'
15 min read Jun 7, 2021

Sinéad O'Connor - 'Rememberings'

Kicking against the pricks (and other stuff), O'Connor has created a beautiful, jagged, funny, and harrowing autobiography.

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Steven Bach - 'Final Cut'
9 min read May 19, 2021

Steven Bach - 'Final Cut'

A funny and scary ride through the making of one of the biggest monetary film flops.

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Rick Emerson - 'Unmask Alice'
8 min read Jun 19, 2022

Rick Emerson - 'Unmask Alice'

The first biography about Beatrice Sparks, the author of 'Go Ask Alice' and 'Jay's Journal'.

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mob

Lotta Fristorp - 'Benny - Drevet, döden'
5 min read Sep 1, 2021

Lotta Fristorp - 'Benny - Drevet, döden'

En kraftfull uppgörelse med de som fegt drev Fredriksson till sin död.

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morality

Robert Matzen - 'Warrior, Audrey Hepburn'
4 min read Sep 28, 2021

Robert Matzen - 'Warrior, Audrey Hepburn'

My review Matzen's straightforward, stuffy, and interesting book about the later part of Audrey Hepburn's life, focusing on her humanitarian work.

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Radden Patrick Keefe - 'Empire of Pain'
11 min read Apr 21, 2021

Radden Patrick Keefe - 'Empire of Pain'

My review of Keefe's brilliant dissection of the Sackler opioid-epidemic legacy.

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Norman Solomon - 'War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine'
20 min read Sep 8, 2023

Norman Solomon - 'War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine'

A book that shows how the USA and some of their media hide victims when necessary and bow to profit.

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11 posts tagged

music

Ted Kessler - 'To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorized Unauthorized History of Billy Childish'
10 min read Jan 5, 2025

Ted Kessler - 'To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorized Unauthorized History of Billy Childish'

A fragmented and wild retelling of and with the person who is Billy Childish.

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Liz Pelly - 'Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist'
22 min read Jan 3, 2025

Liz Pelly - 'Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist'

A milestone achievement on how the music-streaming business has become capitalism and how we can destroy the current system.

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Richard Balls - 'A Furious Devotion: The Life of Shane McGowan'
5 min read Dec 23, 2024

Richard Balls - 'A Furious Devotion: The Life of Shane McGowan'

A very straightforward and chronologically told story about McGowan's drugged and brilliant mind.

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Sinéad O'Connor - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'
7 min read Oct 25, 2024

Sinéad O'Connor - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'

An interview book from the 'last interview' series.

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Graeme Thomson - 'Under the Ivy'
7 min read Sep 20, 2024

Graeme Thomson - 'Under the Ivy'

A very kind and deftly written book about Kate Bush, musician, artist, composer, and poet.

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Nick Banks - 'So it Started There'
9 min read Aug 23, 2024

Nick Banks - 'So it Started There'

For the first third, a very enjoyable book about growing up, family, and music.

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Sly Stone - 'Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)'
17 min read Oct 5, 2023

Sly Stone - 'Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)'

Following decades of silence, Sly Stone releases his own words in book form.

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D. X. Ferris - 'Reign in Blood'
4 min read Aug 29, 2023

D. X. Ferris - 'Reign in Blood'

A book entirely about Slayer's masterpiece album 'Reign in Blood'. The book is short and packs a punch, like the album.

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Cosey Fanni Tutti - 'Re-sisters, the Lives and Recordings of Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe, and Cosey Fanni Tutti'
8 min read Sep 29, 2022

Cosey Fanni Tutti - 'Re-sisters, the Lives and Recordings of Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe, and Cosey Fanni Tutti'

An inspirational and controlled explosion showing the lives of three exceptional artists and visionaries.

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Daniel de Visé - 'King of The Blues'
13 min read Sep 15, 2021

Daniel de Visé - 'King of The Blues'

My review of Daniel de Visé's straightforward biography of B.B. King.

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Sinéad O'Connor - 'Rememberings'
15 min read Jun 7, 2021

Sinéad O'Connor - 'Rememberings'

Kicking against the pricks (and other stuff), O'Connor has created a beautiful, jagged, funny, and harrowing autobiography.

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musician

Ted Kessler - 'To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorized Unauthorized History of Billy Childish'
10 min read Jan 5, 2025

Ted Kessler - 'To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorized Unauthorized History of Billy Childish'

A fragmented and wild retelling of and with the person who is Billy Childish.

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Richard Balls - 'A Furious Devotion: The Life of Shane McGowan'
5 min read Dec 23, 2024

Richard Balls - 'A Furious Devotion: The Life of Shane McGowan'

A very straightforward and chronologically told story about McGowan's drugged and brilliant mind.

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Sinéad O'Connor - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'
7 min read Oct 25, 2024

Sinéad O'Connor - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'

An interview book from the 'last interview' series.

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Graeme Thomson - 'Under the Ivy'
7 min read Sep 20, 2024

Graeme Thomson - 'Under the Ivy'

A very kind and deftly written book about Kate Bush, musician, artist, composer, and poet.

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Sly Stone - 'Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)'
17 min read Oct 5, 2023

Sly Stone - 'Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)'

Following decades of silence, Sly Stone releases his own words in book form.

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Daniel de Visé - 'King of The Blues'
13 min read Sep 15, 2021

Daniel de Visé - 'King of The Blues'

My review of Daniel de Visé's straightforward biography of B.B. King.

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Genesis P. Orridge - 'Nonbinary'
15 min read Jun 13, 2021

Genesis P. Orridge - 'Nonbinary'

An interesting and slightly nauseating view of P. Orridge's life.

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Liz Pelly - 'Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist'
22 min read Jan 3, 2025

Liz Pelly - 'Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist'

A milestone achievement on how the music-streaming business has become capitalism and how we can destroy the current system.

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nato

Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad - 'The Withdrawal - Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power'
22 min read Aug 20, 2022

Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad - 'The Withdrawal - Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power'

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noam chomsky

Noam Chomsky - 'A Livable Future is Possible'
14 min read Dec 2, 2024

Noam Chomsky - 'A Livable Future is Possible'

A collection of interviews with mainly Noam Chomsky, where he speaks of important matters.

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Bev Boisseau Stohl - 'Chomsky and Me: A Memoir'
18 min read Jun 15, 2024

Bev Boisseau Stohl - 'Chomsky and Me: A Memoir'

A thoughtful, funny, and loving memoir by Chomsky's assistant of 24 years.

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Noam Chomsky - 'Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of Our Time'
20 min read May 2, 2023

Noam Chomsky - 'Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of Our Time'

Chomsky talks about the most current pressing matters currently on Earth, mainly the climate catastrophe and the threat of nuclear annihilation.

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Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad - 'The Withdrawal - Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power'
22 min read Aug 20, 2022

Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad - 'The Withdrawal - Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power'

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Noam Chomsky - 'The Precipice - Neoliberalism, the Pandemic, and the Urgent Need for Social Change'
9 min read Jun 30, 2021

Noam Chomsky - 'The Precipice - Neoliberalism, the Pandemic, and the Urgent Need for Social Change'

The latest urgent book of interviews with Noam Chomsky also includes words from Robert Pollin and Ha-Joon Chang.

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Address change to reviews.pivic.com
1 min read Apr 3, 2025

Address change to reviews.pivic.com

This site is changing its address.

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Csaba Szabo - 'Unreliable: Bias, Fraud, and the Reproducibility Crisis in Biomedical Research'
13 min read Mar 20, 2025

Csaba Szabo - 'Unreliable: Bias, Fraud, and the Reproducibility Crisis in Biomedical Research'

A calm and cool story about how one can't trust a lot of biomedicine research results and how to fix the problem.

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Adam Plunkett - 'Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost's Poetry'
11 min read Feb 17, 2025

Adam Plunkett - 'Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost's Poetry'

A very well-written biography on arguably the most well-known North American poet.

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Ted Kessler - 'To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorized Unauthorized History of Billy Childish'
10 min read Jan 5, 2025

Ted Kessler - 'To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorized Unauthorized History of Billy Childish'

A fragmented and wild retelling of and with the person who is Billy Childish.

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Liz Pelly - 'Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist'
22 min read Jan 3, 2025

Liz Pelly - 'Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist'

A milestone achievement on how the music-streaming business has become capitalism and how we can destroy the current system.

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Richard Balls - 'A Furious Devotion: The Life of Shane McGowan'
5 min read Dec 23, 2024

Richard Balls - 'A Furious Devotion: The Life of Shane McGowan'

A very straightforward and chronologically told story about McGowan's drugged and brilliant mind.

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Noam Chomsky - 'A Livable Future is Possible'
14 min read Dec 2, 2024

Noam Chomsky - 'A Livable Future is Possible'

A collection of interviews with mainly Noam Chomsky, where he speaks of important matters.

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Sinéad O'Connor - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'
7 min read Oct 25, 2024

Sinéad O'Connor - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'

An interview book from the 'last interview' series.

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Kate Conger and Ryan Mac - 'Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter'
29 min read Oct 9, 2024

Kate Conger and Ryan Mac - 'Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter'

The tale of a wearing-no-clothes self-appointed emperor and his 44-billion-dollar toy.

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Graeme Thomson - 'Under the Ivy'
7 min read Sep 20, 2024

Graeme Thomson - 'Under the Ivy'

A very kind and deftly written book about Kate Bush, musician, artist, composer, and poet.

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Nick Banks - 'So it Started There'
9 min read Aug 23, 2024

Nick Banks - 'So it Started There'

For the first third, a very enjoyable book about growing up, family, and music.

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Gary Indiana - 'I Can Give You Anything but Love'
3 min read Jul 5, 2024

Gary Indiana - 'I Can Give You Anything but Love'

A memoir from a very talented beat-ish author.

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Bev Boisseau Stohl - 'Chomsky and Me: A Memoir'
18 min read Jun 15, 2024

Bev Boisseau Stohl - 'Chomsky and Me: A Memoir'

A thoughtful, funny, and loving memoir by Chomsky's assistant of 24 years.

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Kevin Lin, Rosa Liu, Eli Friedman, Ashley Smith - 'China in Global Capitalism: Building International Solidarity Against Imperial Rivalry'
11 min read Jun 11, 2024

Kevin Lin, Rosa Liu, Eli Friedman, Ashley Smith - 'China in Global Capitalism: Building International Solidarity Against Imperial Rivalry'

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The Routledge Companion to Intersectionalities
35 min read May 31, 2024

The Routledge Companion to Intersectionalities

A big and modern collection of essays on intersectionality, edited by Jennifer C. Nash and Samantha Pinto.

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Alexander Kriss - 'Borderline: The Biography of a Personality Disorder'
4 min read Apr 15, 2024

Alexander Kriss - 'Borderline: The Biography of a Personality Disorder'

A powerful collection of images and stories of Palestine and the opposition.

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Madhumita Murgia - 'Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI'
10 min read Apr 5, 2024

Madhumita Murgia - 'Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI'

So-called artificial intelligence as it affects real human beings.

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Robert P. Kolker, Nathan Abrams - 'Kubrick: An Odyssey'
11 min read Mar 22, 2024

Robert P. Kolker, Nathan Abrams - 'Kubrick: An Odyssey'

A big book about Stanley Kubrick's life in making film. Expect repetition, wild speculation, and a lot of wondrous facts.

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Patric Gagne - 'Sociopath: a Memoir'
7 min read Mar 22, 2024

Patric Gagne - 'Sociopath: a Memoir'

A life told by a them-called sociopath.

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Colum McCann, Diane Foley - 'American Mother'
5 min read Mar 15, 2024

Colum McCann, Diane Foley - 'American Mother'

A person's life before, during, and after her son is murdered and her ordeal becomes international news.

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Sloane Crosley - 'Grief is for People'
5 min read Mar 13, 2024

Sloane Crosley - 'Grief is for People'

A burglary, the death of a friend, and more.

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Amy Lin - 'Here After'
5 min read Mar 11, 2024

Amy Lin - 'Here After'

A lucid account of grief.

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Joyce Carol Oates - 'Letters to a Biographer'
11 min read Feb 24, 2024

Joyce Carol Oates - 'Letters to a Biographer'

Greg Johnson has edited a collection of Oates's letters to himself over a period of twenty-six years.

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Teresa Aranguren, Sandra Barrilaro - 'Against Erasure: A Photographic Memory of Palestine before the Nakba'
6 min read Feb 9, 2024

Teresa Aranguren, Sandra Barrilaro - 'Against Erasure: A Photographic Memory of Palestine before the Nakba'

A powerful collection of images and stories of Palestine and the opposition.

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Sly Stone - 'Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)'
17 min read Oct 5, 2023

Sly Stone - 'Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)'

Following decades of silence, Sly Stone releases his own words in book form.

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Viet Thanh Nguyen - 'A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir. A History. A Memorial'
6 min read Oct 3, 2023

Viet Thanh Nguyen - 'A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir. A History. A Memorial'

An author's battle with where he grew up, who he is, and where he's at.

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Norman Solomon - 'War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine'
20 min read Sep 8, 2023

Norman Solomon - 'War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine'

A book that shows how the USA and some of their media hide victims when necessary and bow to profit.

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D. X. Ferris - 'Reign in Blood'
4 min read Aug 29, 2023

D. X. Ferris - 'Reign in Blood'

A book entirely about Slayer's masterpiece album 'Reign in Blood'. The book is short and packs a punch, like the album.

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Wolfram Eilenberger - 'The Visionaries'
17 min read Jul 27, 2023

Wolfram Eilenberger - 'The Visionaries'

Eilenberger presents a world-changing decade in the lives of four individuals who changed their time, themselves, and the future.

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Noam Chomsky - 'Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of Our Time'
20 min read May 2, 2023

Noam Chomsky - 'Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of Our Time'

Chomsky talks about the most current pressing matters currently on Earth, mainly the climate catastrophe and the threat of nuclear annihilation.

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Rebecca Solnit, Thelma Young Lutunatabua - 'Not Too Late, Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Optimism'
8 min read Mar 27, 2023

Rebecca Solnit, Thelma Young Lutunatabua - 'Not Too Late, Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Optimism'

An extremely important collection of stories about our current state and where we can be.

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Susan Griffin - 'Out of Silence, Sound. Out of Nothing, Something - A Writer's Guide'
7 min read Jan 20, 2023

Susan Griffin - 'Out of Silence, Sound. Out of Nothing, Something - A Writer's Guide'

A brilliant little book that packs a lot of humanistic and powerful advice for all writers.

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Anthony Bourdain - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'
10 min read Dec 15, 2022

Anthony Bourdain - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'

An interview book from the 'last interview' series.

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Toni Morrison - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'
2 min read Dec 14, 2022

Toni Morrison - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'

An interview book from the 'last interview' series.

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Frida Kahlo - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'
2 min read Dec 13, 2022

Frida Kahlo - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'

An interview book from the 'last interview' series.

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Jeanine Basinger and Sam Wasson - 'Hollywood, the Oral History'
7 min read Dec 8, 2022

Jeanine Basinger and Sam Wasson - 'Hollywood, the Oral History'

A huge chunk of Hollywood history, from the 1920s to the current day. Expect anecdotes.

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Joan Didion - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'
6 min read Dec 7, 2022

Joan Didion - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'

An interview book from the 'last interview' series.

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Billie Holiday - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'
4 min read Dec 5, 2022

Billie Holiday - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'

An interview book from the 'last interview' series.

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Jason McBride - 'Eat Your Mind, The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker'
8 min read Nov 30, 2022

Jason McBride - 'Eat Your Mind, The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker'

A breathing and passionate biography about a very important modern Western writer.

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Cosey Fanni Tutti - 'Re-sisters, the Lives and Recordings of Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe, and Cosey Fanni Tutti'
8 min read Sep 29, 2022

Cosey Fanni Tutti - 'Re-sisters, the Lives and Recordings of Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe, and Cosey Fanni Tutti'

An inspirational and controlled explosion showing the lives of three exceptional artists and visionaries.

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Jon Melrod - 'Fighting Times, Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War'
7 min read Sep 27, 2022

Jon Melrod - 'Fighting Times, Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War'

A palpable and fruitful recant of decades of union fights for decent worker rights.

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Geoff Dembicki - 'The Petroleum Papers, Inside the Far-Right Conspiracy to Cover Up Climate Change'
13 min read Sep 8, 2022

Geoff Dembicki - 'The Petroleum Papers, Inside the Far-Right Conspiracy to Cover Up Climate Change'

One of the most prescient books at this point in time shows who covered up the climate catastrophe and why.

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Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad - 'The Withdrawal - Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power'
22 min read Aug 20, 2022

Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad - 'The Withdrawal - Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power'

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Èdouard Louis - 'A Womans Battles and Transformations'
5 min read Jul 27, 2022

Èdouard Louis - 'A Womans Battles and Transformations'

On a silent retreat, meditation, yoga, writing, sex, and life come into a head and leaves it via these words.

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Rick Emerson - 'Unmask Alice'
8 min read Jun 19, 2022

Rick Emerson - 'Unmask Alice'

The first biography about Beatrice Sparks, the author of 'Go Ask Alice' and 'Jay's Journal'.

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Emmanuel Carrère - 'Yoga'
10 min read May 30, 2022

Emmanuel Carrère - 'Yoga'

On a silent retreat, meditation, yoga, writing, sex, and life come into a head and leaves it via these words.

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Alaa Abd el-Fattah - 'You Have Not Yet Been Defeated'
3 min read Apr 9, 2022

Alaa Abd el-Fattah - 'You Have Not Yet Been Defeated'

A collection of writings by a leading Egyptian political activist.

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Peter Richardson - 'Savage Journey - Hunter S. Thompson and the Weird Road to Gonzo'
3 min read Jan 20, 2022

Peter Richardson - 'Savage Journey - Hunter S. Thompson and the Weird Road to Gonzo'

A pleasant read about an unpleasant and groundbreaking person.

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Pauline Baer de Perignon - 'The Vanished Collection'
2 min read Jan 10, 2022

Pauline Baer de Perignon - 'The Vanished Collection'

A detective-style tale of returning stolen art to rightful owners.

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Stefan Koldehoff - 'Art and Crime'
9 min read Dec 3, 2021

Stefan Koldehoff - 'Art and Crime'

A anecdotal collection of stories of how art and crime are more often used to launder money than display beauty.

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Noam Chomsky and James Kelman - 'Between Thought and Expression Lies a Lifetime - Why Ideas Matter'
5 min read Nov 30, 2021

Noam Chomsky and James Kelman - 'Between Thought and Expression Lies a Lifetime - Why Ideas Matter'

A book of letters, biography, and ideas based in correspondence, speeches, and interviews, 1988-2020.

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David S. Wills - 'High White Notes - The Rise and Fall of Gonzo Journalism'
8 min read Nov 10, 2021

David S. Wills - 'High White Notes - The Rise and Fall of Gonzo Journalism'

A chronological, rhythmically bouncy, critical, statistical, and at-times interesting ride into Hunter S. Thompson's writing.

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Robert Emmet Meagher - 'Albert Camus and the Human Crisis'
18 min read Oct 29, 2021

Robert Emmet Meagher - 'Albert Camus and the Human Crisis'

A wondrous trip through Camus, covering many of his thoughts of human life while painting a magnificent portrait of a person whose mind is desperately needed in this time.

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Angela Davis - 'An Autobiography'
13 min read Oct 16, 2021

Angela Davis - 'An Autobiography'

This Black Panther's autobiography is today even more explosive than when it was first released.

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Laurie Woolever - 'Bourdain - The Definitive Oral Biography'
22 min read Oct 1, 2021

Laurie Woolever - 'Bourdain - The Definitive Oral Biography'

A radiant mesh of voices paint a wondrous, funny, and harrowing image of Anthony Bourdain.

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Marlo Mack - 'How to be a Girl - A Mother's Memoir of Raising her Transgender Daughter'
4 min read Sep 30, 2021

Marlo Mack - 'How to be a Girl - A Mother's Memoir of Raising her Transgender Daughter'

A podcast first, now a book; a parent's story of a child who decides its own gender.

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Robert Matzen - 'Warrior, Audrey Hepburn'
4 min read Sep 28, 2021

Robert Matzen - 'Warrior, Audrey Hepburn'

My review Matzen's straightforward, stuffy, and interesting book about the later part of Audrey Hepburn's life, focusing on her humanitarian work.

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Daniel de Visé - 'King of The Blues'
13 min read Sep 15, 2021

Daniel de Visé - 'King of The Blues'

My review of Daniel de Visé's straightforward biography of B.B. King.

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Lotta Fristorp - 'Benny - Drevet, döden'
5 min read Sep 1, 2021

Lotta Fristorp - 'Benny - Drevet, döden'

En kraftfull uppgörelse med de som fegt drev Fredriksson till sin död.

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Ben Cardew - 'Daft Punk's Discovery, The Future Unfurled'
8 min read Sep 1, 2021

Ben Cardew - 'Daft Punk's Discovery, The Future Unfurled'

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Patrick Joyce - 'Going to my Father's House'
9 min read Jul 23, 2021

Patrick Joyce - 'Going to my Father's House'

A lovely ride through Ireland, decades, politics, religion, and England.

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Michael Beyea Reagan - 'Intersectional Class Struggle - Theory and Practice'
7 min read Jul 21, 2021

Michael Beyea Reagan - 'Intersectional Class Struggle - Theory and Practice'

An enchanting and richly woven thesis in book form that does its title justice.

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Noam Chomsky - 'The Precipice - Neoliberalism, the Pandemic, and the Urgent Need for Social Change'
9 min read Jun 30, 2021

Noam Chomsky - 'The Precipice - Neoliberalism, the Pandemic, and the Urgent Need for Social Change'

The latest urgent book of interviews with Noam Chomsky also includes words from Robert Pollin and Ha-Joon Chang.

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Julian Sancton - 'Madhouse at the End of the Earth'
4 min read Jun 14, 2021

Julian Sancton - 'Madhouse at the End of the Earth'

An extremely wild and entertaining adventure about humanity, life, and death. Men, huh?

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Genesis P. Orridge - 'Nonbinary'
15 min read Jun 13, 2021

Genesis P. Orridge - 'Nonbinary'

An interesting and slightly nauseating view of P. Orridge's life.

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Sinéad O'Connor - 'Rememberings'
15 min read Jun 7, 2021

Sinéad O'Connor - 'Rememberings'

Kicking against the pricks (and other stuff), O'Connor has created a beautiful, jagged, funny, and harrowing autobiography.

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Sarah Schulman - 'Let the Record Show, A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993'
9 min read Jun 4, 2021

Sarah Schulman - 'Let the Record Show, A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993'

A concise book around ACT UP, the HIV and AIDS epidemic, and resistence against annihilation.

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Geoff Dyer - 'See/Saw'
6 min read May 25, 2021

Geoff Dyer - 'See/Saw'

A truly eye-opening book that shows us ways to truly see photographs. A wonderful experience.

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Steven Bach - 'Final Cut'
9 min read May 19, 2021

Steven Bach - 'Final Cut'

A funny and scary ride through the making of one of the biggest monetary film flops.

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Vijay Prashad - 'Washington Bullets'
18 min read May 13, 2021

Vijay Prashad - 'Washington Bullets'

This excellent book on CIA, coups, and assassinations, is weighed, loaded with fact, and is (remarkably so) briefly written.

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Josh Cohen - 'How to Live What to Do'
8 min read May 8, 2021

Josh Cohen - 'How to Live What to Do'

An introspective and mind-broadening book by a psychoanalyst who writes of other books.

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Laurence Rees - 'Hitler's Charisma'
16 min read May 5, 2021

Laurence Rees - 'Hitler's Charisma'

Terrific writing from a masterful historian makes this another great addition to the pantheon of books about World War II and human nature.

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William Zinsser - 'On Writing Well'
9 min read Apr 29, 2021

William Zinsser - 'On Writing Well'

This style guide has sold over a million copies and is useful for writers of all sorts.

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Excerpts from Rosa Rankin-Gee's 'Dreamland'
8 min read Apr 27, 2021

Excerpts from Rosa Rankin-Gee's 'Dreamland'

Some quotes that I collected from this wondrously human book.

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Rosa Rankin-Gee - 'Dreamland'
2 min read Apr 26, 2021

Rosa Rankin-Gee - 'Dreamland'

My review of this beautiful semi-fictional novel.

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Radden Patrick Keefe - 'Empire of Pain'
11 min read Apr 21, 2021

Radden Patrick Keefe - 'Empire of Pain'

My review of Keefe's brilliant dissection of the Sackler opioid-epidemic legacy.

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The tragedy in what happened to Martha West
5 min read Apr 20, 2021

The tragedy in what happened to Martha West

An excerpt from Patrick Radden Keefe's brilliant 'Empire of Pain', a book about the Sackler legacy of death.

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Tom Roston - 'The Writer's Crusade, Kurt Vonnegut and the Many Lives of Slaughterhouse-Five'
4 min read Apr 19, 2021

Tom Roston - 'The Writer's Crusade, Kurt Vonnegut and the Many Lives of Slaughterhouse-Five'

Youthfully sprawled but too free, a somewhat interesting portrait of Vonnegut's masterpiece.

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Anthony Bourdain and Laurie Woolever - 'World Travel'
8 min read Oct 6, 2020

Anthony Bourdain and Laurie Woolever - 'World Travel'

My review of a rock ‘n’ roll-meets-Lonely Planet travel guide consisting of Bourdain’s musings on TV, modern-day comments on places that featured on his TV shows, and features from elsewhere.

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Steven Bach - 'Final Cut'
9 min read May 19, 2021

Steven Bach - 'Final Cut'

A funny and scary ride through the making of one of the biggest monetary film flops.

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oligarchy

Liz Pelly - 'Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist'
22 min read Jan 3, 2025

Liz Pelly - 'Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist'

A milestone achievement on how the music-streaming business has become capitalism and how we can destroy the current system.

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oppression

Kevin Lin, Rosa Liu, Eli Friedman, Ashley Smith - 'China in Global Capitalism: Building International Solidarity Against Imperial Rivalry'
11 min read Jun 11, 2024

Kevin Lin, Rosa Liu, Eli Friedman, Ashley Smith - 'China in Global Capitalism: Building International Solidarity Against Imperial Rivalry'

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Teresa Aranguren, Sandra Barrilaro - 'Against Erasure: A Photographic Memory of Palestine before the Nakba'
6 min read Feb 9, 2024

Teresa Aranguren, Sandra Barrilaro - 'Against Erasure: A Photographic Memory of Palestine before the Nakba'

A powerful collection of images and stories of Palestine and the opposition.

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passion

Sly Stone - 'Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)'
17 min read Oct 5, 2023

Sly Stone - 'Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)'

Following decades of silence, Sly Stone releases his own words in book form.

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Sinéad O'Connor - 'Rememberings'
15 min read Jun 7, 2021

Sinéad O'Connor - 'Rememberings'

Kicking against the pricks (and other stuff), O'Connor has created a beautiful, jagged, funny, and harrowing autobiography.

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personality disorder

Patric Gagne - 'Sociopath: a Memoir'
7 min read Mar 22, 2024

Patric Gagne - 'Sociopath: a Memoir'

A life told by a them-called sociopath.

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philosophy

Noam Chomsky - 'A Livable Future is Possible'
14 min read Dec 2, 2024

Noam Chomsky - 'A Livable Future is Possible'

A collection of interviews with mainly Noam Chomsky, where he speaks of important matters.

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The Routledge Companion to Intersectionalities
35 min read May 31, 2024

The Routledge Companion to Intersectionalities

A big and modern collection of essays on intersectionality, edited by Jennifer C. Nash and Samantha Pinto.

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Wolfram Eilenberger - 'The Visionaries'
17 min read Jul 27, 2023

Wolfram Eilenberger - 'The Visionaries'

Eilenberger presents a world-changing decade in the lives of four individuals who changed their time, themselves, and the future.

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Noam Chomsky and James Kelman - 'Between Thought and Expression Lies a Lifetime - Why Ideas Matter'
5 min read Nov 30, 2021

Noam Chomsky and James Kelman - 'Between Thought and Expression Lies a Lifetime - Why Ideas Matter'

A book of letters, biography, and ideas based in correspondence, speeches, and interviews, 1988-2020.

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Robert Emmet Meagher - 'Albert Camus and the Human Crisis'
18 min read Oct 29, 2021

Robert Emmet Meagher - 'Albert Camus and the Human Crisis'

A wondrous trip through Camus, covering many of his thoughts of human life while painting a magnificent portrait of a person whose mind is desperately needed in this time.

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photography

Teresa Aranguren, Sandra Barrilaro - 'Against Erasure: A Photographic Memory of Palestine before the Nakba'
6 min read Feb 9, 2024

Teresa Aranguren, Sandra Barrilaro - 'Against Erasure: A Photographic Memory of Palestine before the Nakba'

A powerful collection of images and stories of Palestine and the opposition.

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Geoff Dyer - 'See/Saw'
6 min read May 25, 2021

Geoff Dyer - 'See/Saw'

A truly eye-opening book that shows us ways to truly see photographs. A wonderful experience.

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poetry

Adam Plunkett - 'Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost's Poetry'
11 min read Feb 17, 2025

Adam Plunkett - 'Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost's Poetry'

A very well-written biography on arguably the most well-known North American poet.

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Ted Kessler - 'To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorized Unauthorized History of Billy Childish'
10 min read Jan 5, 2025

Ted Kessler - 'To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorized Unauthorized History of Billy Childish'

A fragmented and wild retelling of and with the person who is Billy Childish.

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Michelle Glazer - 'fretwork'
1 min read Sep 29, 2021

Michelle Glazer - 'fretwork'

This poetry collection reeks of nature and repetition (in a good way) but is not memorable.

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politics

Bev Boisseau Stohl - 'Chomsky and Me: A Memoir'
18 min read Jun 15, 2024

Bev Boisseau Stohl - 'Chomsky and Me: A Memoir'

A thoughtful, funny, and loving memoir by Chomsky's assistant of 24 years.

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Kevin Lin, Rosa Liu, Eli Friedman, Ashley Smith - 'China in Global Capitalism: Building International Solidarity Against Imperial Rivalry'
11 min read Jun 11, 2024

Kevin Lin, Rosa Liu, Eli Friedman, Ashley Smith - 'China in Global Capitalism: Building International Solidarity Against Imperial Rivalry'

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Norman Solomon - 'War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine'
20 min read Sep 8, 2023

Norman Solomon - 'War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine'

A book that shows how the USA and some of their media hide victims when necessary and bow to profit.

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Noam Chomsky - 'Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of Our Time'
20 min read May 2, 2023

Noam Chomsky - 'Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of Our Time'

Chomsky talks about the most current pressing matters currently on Earth, mainly the climate catastrophe and the threat of nuclear annihilation.

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Alaa Abd el-Fattah - 'You Have Not Yet Been Defeated'
3 min read Apr 9, 2022

Alaa Abd el-Fattah - 'You Have Not Yet Been Defeated'

A collection of writings by a leading Egyptian political activist.

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Noam Chomsky and James Kelman - 'Between Thought and Expression Lies a Lifetime - Why Ideas Matter'
5 min read Nov 30, 2021

Noam Chomsky and James Kelman - 'Between Thought and Expression Lies a Lifetime - Why Ideas Matter'

A book of letters, biography, and ideas based in correspondence, speeches, and interviews, 1988-2020.

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Michael Beyea Reagan - 'Intersectional Class Struggle - Theory and Practice'
7 min read Jul 21, 2021

Michael Beyea Reagan - 'Intersectional Class Struggle - Theory and Practice'

An enchanting and richly woven thesis in book form that does its title justice.

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Noam Chomsky - 'The Precipice - Neoliberalism, the Pandemic, and the Urgent Need for Social Change'
9 min read Jun 30, 2021

Noam Chomsky - 'The Precipice - Neoliberalism, the Pandemic, and the Urgent Need for Social Change'

The latest urgent book of interviews with Noam Chomsky also includes words from Robert Pollin and Ha-Joon Chang.

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Sarah Schulman - 'Let the Record Show, A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993'
9 min read Jun 4, 2021

Sarah Schulman - 'Let the Record Show, A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993'

A concise book around ACT UP, the HIV and AIDS epidemic, and resistence against annihilation.

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Vijay Prashad - 'Washington Bullets'
18 min read May 13, 2021

Vijay Prashad - 'Washington Bullets'

This excellent book on CIA, coups, and assassinations, is weighed, loaded with fact, and is (remarkably so) briefly written.

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prejudice

Marlo Mack - 'How to be a Girl - A Mother's Memoir of Raising her Transgender Daughter'
4 min read Sep 30, 2021

Marlo Mack - 'How to be a Girl - A Mother's Memoir of Raising her Transgender Daughter'

A podcast first, now a book; a parent's story of a child who decides its own gender.

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protest

Alaa Abd el-Fattah - 'You Have Not Yet Been Defeated'
3 min read Apr 9, 2022

Alaa Abd el-Fattah - 'You Have Not Yet Been Defeated'

A collection of writings by a leading Egyptian political activist.

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psychology

Alexander Kriss - 'Borderline: The Biography of a Personality Disorder'
4 min read Apr 15, 2024

Alexander Kriss - 'Borderline: The Biography of a Personality Disorder'

A powerful collection of images and stories of Palestine and the opposition.

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racism

Sinéad O'Connor - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'
7 min read Oct 25, 2024

Sinéad O'Connor - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'

An interview book from the 'last interview' series.

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Viet Thanh Nguyen - 'A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir. A History. A Memorial'
6 min read Oct 3, 2023

Viet Thanh Nguyen - 'A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir. A History. A Memorial'

An author's battle with where he grew up, who he is, and where he's at.

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Michael Beyea Reagan - 'Intersectional Class Struggle - Theory and Practice'
7 min read Jul 21, 2021

Michael Beyea Reagan - 'Intersectional Class Struggle - Theory and Practice'

An enchanting and richly woven thesis in book form that does its title justice.

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redemption

Colum McCann, Diane Foley - 'American Mother'
5 min read Mar 15, 2024

Colum McCann, Diane Foley - 'American Mother'

A person's life before, during, and after her son is murdered and her ordeal becomes international news.

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religion

Sinéad O'Connor - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'
7 min read Oct 25, 2024

Sinéad O'Connor - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'

An interview book from the 'last interview' series.

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Patrick Joyce - 'Going to my Father's House'
9 min read Jul 23, 2021

Patrick Joyce - 'Going to my Father's House'

A lovely ride through Ireland, decades, politics, religion, and England.

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Sinéad O'Connor - 'Rememberings'
15 min read Jun 7, 2021

Sinéad O'Connor - 'Rememberings'

Kicking against the pricks (and other stuff), O'Connor has created a beautiful, jagged, funny, and harrowing autobiography.

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research

Csaba Szabo - 'Unreliable: Bias, Fraud, and the Reproducibility Crisis in Biomedical Research'
13 min read Mar 20, 2025

Csaba Szabo - 'Unreliable: Bias, Fraud, and the Reproducibility Crisis in Biomedical Research'

A calm and cool story about how one can't trust a lot of biomedicine research results and how to fix the problem.

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science

Csaba Szabo - 'Unreliable: Bias, Fraud, and the Reproducibility Crisis in Biomedical Research'
13 min read Mar 20, 2025

Csaba Szabo - 'Unreliable: Bias, Fraud, and the Reproducibility Crisis in Biomedical Research'

A calm and cool story about how one can't trust a lot of biomedicine research results and how to fix the problem.

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sex

Sinéad O'Connor - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'
7 min read Oct 25, 2024

Sinéad O'Connor - 'The Last Interview and Other Conversations'

An interview book from the 'last interview' series.

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Gary Indiana - 'I Can Give You Anything but Love'
3 min read Jul 5, 2024

Gary Indiana - 'I Can Give You Anything but Love'

A memoir from a very talented beat-ish author.

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Megan Nolan - 'Acts of Desperation'
3 min read Dec 14, 2022

Megan Nolan - 'Acts of Desperation'

A fiction book that borders very much on human experiences.

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Emmanuel Carrère - 'Yoga'
10 min read May 30, 2022

Emmanuel Carrère - 'Yoga'

On a silent retreat, meditation, yoga, writing, sex, and life come into a head and leaves it via these words.

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sexism

The Routledge Companion to Intersectionalities
35 min read May 31, 2024

The Routledge Companion to Intersectionalities

A big and modern collection of essays on intersectionality, edited by Jennifer C. Nash and Samantha Pinto.

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Cosey Fanni Tutti - 'Re-sisters, the Lives and Recordings of Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe, and Cosey Fanni Tutti'
8 min read Sep 29, 2022

Cosey Fanni Tutti - 'Re-sisters, the Lives and Recordings of Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe, and Cosey Fanni Tutti'

An inspirational and controlled explosion showing the lives of three exceptional artists and visionaries.

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Michael Beyea Reagan - 'Intersectional Class Struggle - Theory and Practice'
7 min read Jul 21, 2021

Michael Beyea Reagan - 'Intersectional Class Struggle - Theory and Practice'

An enchanting and richly woven thesis in book form that does its title justice.

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short stories

Zach Williams - 'Beautiful Days'
4 min read Jun 10, 2024

Zach Williams - 'Beautiful Days'

A visceral short-story collection by a promising debut author.

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slander

Rick Emerson - 'Unmask Alice'
8 min read Jun 19, 2022

Rick Emerson - 'Unmask Alice'

The first biography about Beatrice Sparks, the author of 'Go Ask Alice' and 'Jay's Journal'.

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Lotta Fristorp - 'Benny - Drevet, döden'
5 min read Sep 1, 2021

Lotta Fristorp - 'Benny - Drevet, döden'

En kraftfull uppgörelse med de som fegt drev Fredriksson till sin död.

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slavery

Kevin Lin, Rosa Liu, Eli Friedman, Ashley Smith - 'China in Global Capitalism: Building International Solidarity Against Imperial Rivalry'
11 min read Jun 11, 2024

Kevin Lin, Rosa Liu, Eli Friedman, Ashley Smith - 'China in Global Capitalism: Building International Solidarity Against Imperial Rivalry'

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sociology

The Routledge Companion to Intersectionalities
35 min read May 31, 2024

The Routledge Companion to Intersectionalities

A big and modern collection of essays on intersectionality, edited by Jennifer C. Nash and Samantha Pinto.

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sorrow

Sloane Crosley - 'Grief is for People'
5 min read Mar 13, 2024

Sloane Crosley - 'Grief is for People'

A burglary, the death of a friend, and more.

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Amy Lin - 'Here After'
5 min read Mar 11, 2024

Amy Lin - 'Here After'

A lucid account of grief.

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statistics

Csaba Szabo - 'Unreliable: Bias, Fraud, and the Reproducibility Crisis in Biomedical Research'
13 min read Mar 20, 2025

Csaba Szabo - 'Unreliable: Bias, Fraud, and the Reproducibility Crisis in Biomedical Research'

A calm and cool story about how one can't trust a lot of biomedicine research results and how to fix the problem.

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4 posts tagged

struggle

Adam Plunkett - 'Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost's Poetry'
11 min read Feb 17, 2025

Adam Plunkett - 'Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost's Poetry'

A very well-written biography on arguably the most well-known North American poet.

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Ted Kessler - 'To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorized Unauthorized History of Billy Childish'
10 min read Jan 5, 2025

Ted Kessler - 'To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorized Unauthorized History of Billy Childish'

A fragmented and wild retelling of and with the person who is Billy Childish.

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Richard Balls - 'A Furious Devotion: The Life of Shane McGowan'
5 min read Dec 23, 2024

Richard Balls - 'A Furious Devotion: The Life of Shane McGowan'

A very straightforward and chronologically told story about McGowan's drugged and brilliant mind.

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Noam Chomsky - 'A Livable Future is Possible'
14 min read Dec 2, 2024

Noam Chomsky - 'A Livable Future is Possible'

A collection of interviews with mainly Noam Chomsky, where he speaks of important matters.

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style

William Zinsser - 'On Writing Well'
9 min read Apr 29, 2021

William Zinsser - 'On Writing Well'

This style guide has sold over a million copies and is useful for writers of all sorts.

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suicide

Lotta Fristorp - 'Benny - Drevet, döden'
5 min read Sep 1, 2021

Lotta Fristorp - 'Benny - Drevet, döden'

En kraftfull uppgörelse med de som fegt drev Fredriksson till sin död.

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surveillance-capitalism

Sarah Wynn-Williams - 'Careless People: a Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism'
25 min read Mar 21, 2025

Sarah Wynn-Williams - 'Careless People: a Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism'

A self-protecting and scathing collection of tales about the autocratic, world-beating, and kleptocratic machine that is Facebook and, ultimately, Mark Zuckerberg.

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swedish

Lotta Fristorp - 'Benny - Drevet, döden'
5 min read Sep 1, 2021

Lotta Fristorp - 'Benny - Drevet, döden'

En kraftfull uppgörelse med de som fegt drev Fredriksson till sin död.

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technology

Kate Conger and Ryan Mac - 'Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter'
29 min read Oct 9, 2024

Kate Conger and Ryan Mac - 'Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter'

The tale of a wearing-no-clothes self-appointed emperor and his 44-billion-dollar toy.

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Madhumita Murgia - 'Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI'
10 min read Apr 5, 2024

Madhumita Murgia - 'Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI'

So-called artificial intelligence as it affects real human beings.

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theatre

Lotta Fristorp - 'Benny - Drevet, döden'
5 min read Sep 1, 2021

Lotta Fristorp - 'Benny - Drevet, döden'

En kraftfull uppgörelse med de som fegt drev Fredriksson till sin död.

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1 post tagged

theft

Madhumita Murgia - 'Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI'
10 min read Apr 5, 2024

Madhumita Murgia - 'Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI'

So-called artificial intelligence as it affects real human beings.

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trans

Marlo Mack - 'How to be a Girl - A Mother's Memoir of Raising her Transgender Daughter'
4 min read Sep 30, 2021

Marlo Mack - 'How to be a Girl - A Mother's Memoir of Raising her Transgender Daughter'

A podcast first, now a book; a parent's story of a child who decides its own gender.

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travel

Anthony Bourdain and Laurie Woolever - 'World Travel'
8 min read Oct 6, 2020

Anthony Bourdain and Laurie Woolever - 'World Travel'

My review of a rock ‘n’ roll-meets-Lonely Planet travel guide consisting of Bourdain’s musings on TV, modern-day comments on places that featured on his TV shows, and features from elsewhere.

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ukraine

Noam Chomsky - 'Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of Our Time'
20 min read May 2, 2023

Noam Chomsky - 'Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of Our Time'

Chomsky talks about the most current pressing matters currently on Earth, mainly the climate catastrophe and the threat of nuclear annihilation.

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union

Liz Pelly - 'Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist'
22 min read Jan 3, 2025

Liz Pelly - 'Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist'

A milestone achievement on how the music-streaming business has become capitalism and how we can destroy the current system.

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1 post tagged

unions

Jon Melrod - 'Fighting Times, Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War'
7 min read Sep 27, 2022

Jon Melrod - 'Fighting Times, Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War'

A palpable and fruitful recant of decades of union fights for decent worker rights.

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usa

Adam Plunkett - 'Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost's Poetry'
11 min read Feb 17, 2025

Adam Plunkett - 'Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost's Poetry'

A very well-written biography on arguably the most well-known North American poet.

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Bev Boisseau Stohl - 'Chomsky and Me: A Memoir'
18 min read Jun 15, 2024

Bev Boisseau Stohl - 'Chomsky and Me: A Memoir'

A thoughtful, funny, and loving memoir by Chomsky's assistant of 24 years.

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Kevin Lin, Rosa Liu, Eli Friedman, Ashley Smith - 'China in Global Capitalism: Building International Solidarity Against Imperial Rivalry'
11 min read Jun 11, 2024

Kevin Lin, Rosa Liu, Eli Friedman, Ashley Smith - 'China in Global Capitalism: Building International Solidarity Against Imperial Rivalry'

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Viet Thanh Nguyen - 'A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir. A History. A Memorial'
6 min read Oct 3, 2023

Viet Thanh Nguyen - 'A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir. A History. A Memorial'

An author's battle with where he grew up, who he is, and where he's at.

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Norman Solomon - 'War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine'
20 min read Sep 8, 2023

Norman Solomon - 'War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine'

A book that shows how the USA and some of their media hide victims when necessary and bow to profit.

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Noam Chomsky - 'Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of Our Time'
20 min read May 2, 2023

Noam Chomsky - 'Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of Our Time'

Chomsky talks about the most current pressing matters currently on Earth, mainly the climate catastrophe and the threat of nuclear annihilation.

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Jon Melrod - 'Fighting Times, Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War'
7 min read Sep 27, 2022

Jon Melrod - 'Fighting Times, Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War'

A palpable and fruitful recant of decades of union fights for decent worker rights.

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Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad - 'The Withdrawal - Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power'
22 min read Aug 20, 2022

Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad - 'The Withdrawal - Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power'

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Vijay Prashad - 'Washington Bullets'
18 min read May 13, 2021

Vijay Prashad - 'Washington Bullets'

This excellent book on CIA, coups, and assassinations, is weighed, loaded with fact, and is (remarkably so) briefly written.

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video

Robert P. Kolker, Nathan Abrams - 'Kubrick: An Odyssey'
11 min read Mar 22, 2024

Robert P. Kolker, Nathan Abrams - 'Kubrick: An Odyssey'

A big book about Stanley Kubrick's life in making film. Expect repetition, wild speculation, and a lot of wondrous facts.

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vietnam

Viet Thanh Nguyen - 'A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir. A History. A Memorial'
6 min read Oct 3, 2023

Viet Thanh Nguyen - 'A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir. A History. A Memorial'

An author's battle with where he grew up, who he is, and where he's at.

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visionary

Cosey Fanni Tutti - 'Re-sisters, the Lives and Recordings of Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe, and Cosey Fanni Tutti'
8 min read Sep 29, 2022

Cosey Fanni Tutti - 'Re-sisters, the Lives and Recordings of Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe, and Cosey Fanni Tutti'

An inspirational and controlled explosion showing the lives of three exceptional artists and visionaries.

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war

Noam Chomsky - 'A Livable Future is Possible'
14 min read Dec 2, 2024

Noam Chomsky - 'A Livable Future is Possible'

A collection of interviews with mainly Noam Chomsky, where he speaks of important matters.

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Bev Boisseau Stohl - 'Chomsky and Me: A Memoir'
18 min read Jun 15, 2024

Bev Boisseau Stohl - 'Chomsky and Me: A Memoir'

A thoughtful, funny, and loving memoir by Chomsky's assistant of 24 years.

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Kevin Lin, Rosa Liu, Eli Friedman, Ashley Smith - 'China in Global Capitalism: Building International Solidarity Against Imperial Rivalry'
11 min read Jun 11, 2024

Kevin Lin, Rosa Liu, Eli Friedman, Ashley Smith - 'China in Global Capitalism: Building International Solidarity Against Imperial Rivalry'

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Viet Thanh Nguyen - 'A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir. A History. A Memorial'
6 min read Oct 3, 2023

Viet Thanh Nguyen - 'A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir. A History. A Memorial'

An author's battle with where he grew up, who he is, and where he's at.

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Norman Solomon - 'War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine'
20 min read Sep 8, 2023

Norman Solomon - 'War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine'

A book that shows how the USA and some of their media hide victims when necessary and bow to profit.

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Noam Chomsky - 'Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of Our Time'
20 min read May 2, 2023

Noam Chomsky - 'Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of Our Time'

Chomsky talks about the most current pressing matters currently on Earth, mainly the climate catastrophe and the threat of nuclear annihilation.

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Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad - 'The Withdrawal - Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power'
22 min read Aug 20, 2022

Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad - 'The Withdrawal - Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power'

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Vijay Prashad - 'Washington Bullets'
18 min read May 13, 2021

Vijay Prashad - 'Washington Bullets'

This excellent book on CIA, coups, and assassinations, is weighed, loaded with fact, and is (remarkably so) briefly written.

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Laurence Rees - 'Hitler's Charisma'
16 min read May 5, 2021

Laurence Rees - 'Hitler's Charisma'

Terrific writing from a masterful historian makes this another great addition to the pantheon of books about World War II and human nature.

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Tom Roston - 'The Writer's Crusade, Kurt Vonnegut and the Many Lives of Slaughterhouse-Five'
4 min read Apr 19, 2021

Tom Roston - 'The Writer's Crusade, Kurt Vonnegut and the Many Lives of Slaughterhouse-Five'

Youthfully sprawled but too free, a somewhat interesting portrait of Vonnegut's masterpiece.

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work

Bev Boisseau Stohl - 'Chomsky and Me: A Memoir'
18 min read Jun 15, 2024

Bev Boisseau Stohl - 'Chomsky and Me: A Memoir'

A thoughtful, funny, and loving memoir by Chomsky's assistant of 24 years.

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Jon Melrod - 'Fighting Times, Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War'
7 min read Sep 27, 2022

Jon Melrod - 'Fighting Times, Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War'

A palpable and fruitful recant of decades of union fights for decent worker rights.

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1 post tagged

worker-rights

Liz Pelly - 'Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist'
22 min read Jan 3, 2025

Liz Pelly - 'Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist'

A milestone achievement on how the music-streaming business has become capitalism and how we can destroy the current system.

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1 post tagged

world war two

Wolfram Eilenberger - 'The Visionaries'
17 min read Jul 27, 2023

Wolfram Eilenberger - 'The Visionaries'

Eilenberger presents a world-changing decade in the lives of four individuals who changed their time, themselves, and the future.

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writer

Jason McBride - 'Eat Your Mind, The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker'
8 min read Nov 30, 2022

Jason McBride - 'Eat Your Mind, The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker'

A breathing and passionate biography about a very important modern Western writer.

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Peter Richardson - 'Savage Journey - Hunter S. Thompson and the Weird Road to Gonzo'
3 min read Jan 20, 2022

Peter Richardson - 'Savage Journey - Hunter S. Thompson and the Weird Road to Gonzo'

A pleasant read about an unpleasant and groundbreaking person.

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David S. Wills - 'High White Notes - The Rise and Fall of Gonzo Journalism'
8 min read Nov 10, 2021

David S. Wills - 'High White Notes - The Rise and Fall of Gonzo Journalism'

A chronological, rhythmically bouncy, critical, statistical, and at-times interesting ride into Hunter S. Thompson's writing.

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Susan Griffin - 'Out of Silence, Sound. Out of Nothing, Something - A Writer's Guide'
7 min read Jan 20, 2023

Susan Griffin - 'Out of Silence, Sound. Out of Nothing, Something - A Writer's Guide'

A brilliant little book that packs a lot of humanistic and powerful advice for all writers.

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Emmanuel Carrère - 'Yoga'
10 min read May 30, 2022

Emmanuel Carrère - 'Yoga'

On a silent retreat, meditation, yoga, writing, sex, and life come into a head and leaves it via these words.

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William Zinsser - 'On Writing Well'
9 min read Apr 29, 2021

William Zinsser - 'On Writing Well'

This style guide has sold over a million copies and is useful for writers of all sorts.

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Tom Roston - 'The Writer's Crusade, Kurt Vonnegut and the Many Lives of Slaughterhouse-Five'
4 min read Apr 19, 2021

Tom Roston - 'The Writer's Crusade, Kurt Vonnegut and the Many Lives of Slaughterhouse-Five'

Youthfully sprawled but too free, a somewhat interesting portrait of Vonnegut's masterpiece.

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ww2

Pauline Baer de Perignon - 'The Vanished Collection'
2 min read Jan 10, 2022

Pauline Baer de Perignon - 'The Vanished Collection'

A detective-style tale of returning stolen art to rightful owners.

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Laurence Rees - 'Hitler's Charisma'
16 min read May 5, 2021

Laurence Rees - 'Hitler's Charisma'

Terrific writing from a masterful historian makes this another great addition to the pantheon of books about World War II and human nature.

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Tom Roston - 'The Writer's Crusade, Kurt Vonnegut and the Many Lives of Slaughterhouse-Five'
4 min read Apr 19, 2021

Tom Roston - 'The Writer's Crusade, Kurt Vonnegut and the Many Lives of Slaughterhouse-Five'

Youthfully sprawled but too free, a somewhat interesting portrait of Vonnegut's masterpiece.

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2 posts tagged

xenophobia

Viet Thanh Nguyen - 'A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir. A History. A Memorial'
6 min read Oct 3, 2023

Viet Thanh Nguyen - 'A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir. A History. A Memorial'

An author's battle with where he grew up, who he is, and where he's at.

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Vijay Prashad - 'Washington Bullets'
18 min read May 13, 2021

Vijay Prashad - 'Washington Bullets'

This excellent book on CIA, coups, and assassinations, is weighed, loaded with fact, and is (remarkably so) briefly written.

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yemen

Norman Solomon - 'War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine'
20 min read Sep 8, 2023

Norman Solomon - 'War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine'

A book that shows how the USA and some of their media hide victims when necessary and bow to profit.

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youth

Colin Barrett - 'Wild Houses'
4 min read Mar 1, 2024

Colin Barrett - 'Wild Houses'

A short-story radiant's first novel. It's worth reading and stands out.

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yugoslavia

Norman Solomon - 'War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine'
20 min read Sep 8, 2023

Norman Solomon - 'War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine'

A book that shows how the USA and some of their media hide victims when necessary and bow to profit.

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