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Houston, City of Death
by Gus Breslauer
“In a lot of ways, Houston epitomizes America’s last gasp as it plunges deeper into a dystopic decline. This city is as plastic as a vase of fake flowers, from a distance they look real and elegant, but the closer you get, the more artificial everything is.”
The Space-Time Continuum in Ayokunle Falomo’s “African, American”
by Aris Kian
“Falomo gives us living, breathing memories that stretch and kick and try on new clothes through such a genuine and vulnerable speaker willing to guide us through.”
An Irish Immigrant and Her Quests for Survival: An Interview with Novelist Lee Hutch
by Andrew Joseph Pegoda
“This novel shows sides of the past often ignored or forgotten and shows us about the gaps between the United States’ proclaimed ideals and realities have long existed, especially for those not privileged by society. It also speaks to a shared human struggle for survival.”
The Black Oceanic Imagination in Rivers Solomon’s “The Deep”
by Aris Kian
“In their ambitious second novella, Solomon explores questions of remembrance and well-being and considers answers that could only be found within a fictional landscape.”
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Review: “Wages Against Artwork: Decommodified Labor and the Claims of Socially Engaged Art”
by Joseph Richards
“Thus, the biggest contribution of this book is to put economic and aesthetic theory together, to see what happens when the aesthetic is subjected to a Marxist analysis.”
“Expertise” as Systematized Historical Amnesia: Springborg’s Egypt as a Case Study
by Zeyad el Nabolsy
“Overall, one can say that this book rests on key distortions of recent Egyptian history, and it is primarily valuable as a case study in how expertise in the service of imperialism is constituted.”
Pandemic Teaching Reflections, Not All Rainbows
by Andrew Joseph Pegoda
“Factors of pedagogy fully considered, I have certainly had some exceptional online students and many other students producing quality, thoughtful work, but for me, virtual teaching has not been as fulfilling. There is little contact with others. Students struggle. They really struggle online. “
Review: The United States of War” by David Vine
by Fabrizio Martino
“Vine’s book allows the reader to have a full understanding of the evolution of American imperialism…”
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