Books
Invisible Signs: What We’re Still Missing When We Talk about Domestic Violence
No Visible Bruises will raise awareness and save lives.
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Cherríe Moraga Honors Her Foremothers in “Native Country of the Heart”
Capturing our foremothers’ stories is one of the ways in which women of color remember themselves.
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There’s No Such Thing as Objective Science
Science intentionally created, and continues to recreate, race.
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Monstrous Poetry: Kenji Liu Is Using Frankenstein as a Metaphor for Toxic Masculinity
It’s easy to write something that criticizes toxic masculinity, or our current president, or any number of things in the news about guys acting badly.
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Esmé Wang Finds Meaning in “The Collected Schizophrenias"
There are no easy solutions to the problems Esmé Weijun Wang poses, but she has provided us with the truth of her own story.
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Vivien Green Fryd Charts the Feminist Artists Who’ve Painted #MeToo for Decades
Against Our Will challenges us to witness without looking away, exploring sexual violence as a discrete subject of American art with unflinching analysis.
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First of Many: Jamia Wilson, Lisa Lucas, and Kima Jones on the Future of What We Read
These pioneers are transforming the future of literary culture for readers and writers of color.
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Family Matters: “Good Talk” Offers a Panacea for the Worst of Times
For a country obsessed with the national “conversation about race,” Mira Jacob’s graphic memoir, Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations, offers an illustration of all the ways it can go right—and wrong.
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Here, Now, Everywhere: Deborah E. Lipstadt’s New Book Charts the Resurgence of Antisemitism
Lipstadt’s uncompromising perspective is guaranteed to leave readers uneasy, no matter where they lie on the political spectrum.
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Home Remedies: Megan K. Stack Confronts the Global Impact of Class, Privilege, and “Women’s Work”
Domestic labor isn’t just a “mom” issue—it affects the entire world.
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