Our heart is in California, but our interests are everywhere.

“Jazz is stupid. I mean, just play the right notes!” Though uninspired, this line from The Office TV series encapsulates a very common attitude. The quote is found in Andrew Berish’s new book Hating ...

If you were going to choose an author to rewrite The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the point of view of Jim/James, it would be difficult to find a better candidate for the job than Percival ...

I read The Secret War Against Hate when federal immigration agents were terrorizing the citizens of Minneapolis, which made the experience eerie and chilling. Steven J. Ross begins his investigation ...

The term “sleeping beauties” was new to me as a designation for artists, technologies, and scientific theories rediscovered after they had become obscure or were initially overlooked. David Byrne came ...

The Leveret came my way with some buzz about the high quality of the writing and I was keen to see if the buzz was justified. No question, it is. Anna Goldreich has produced a moving and elegant debut ...

Our heart is in California, but our interests are everywhere.

In the Preface to The Pornography Wars, Kelsy Burke explains her methodology as a sociologist, writing that she doesn’t assume that others who hold beliefs radically different from her own are liars, ...