'Against White Feminism' Is An Urgent Call To Action For Solidarity And Justice
Although personal anecdotes are included throughout, Rafia Zakaria's aim is not to explore her own pain but to retrace the history of how white feminism has caused unending trauma through centuries.
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The Authors of ‘The Madwoman in the Attic’ Are Back With a New (Angry) Book
In their new work, Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar, the feminist scholars who wrote the 1979 classic, examine literary manifestations of feminist anger from the second half of the 20th century to today.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Vinod Busjeet’s Debut Sets an Origin Story on the Island of Mauritius
In “Silent Wind, Dry Seas,” a man of Indian descent leaves his country behind to chase an American ideal of success.
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The Morally Troubling ‘Dirty Work’ We Pay Others to Do in Our Place
A new book by Eyal Press examines ethically fraught jobs on which our society depends and which we implicitly condone even as we pay other people to do them.
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He Spent 14 Years at Guantánamo. This Is His Story.
“Don’t Forget Us Here,” by Mansoor Adayfi with Antonio Aiello, is the memoir of a Yemeni man who claims he was kidnapped in Afghanistan, sold to the C.I.A. and sent to the detention camp in a case of mistaken identity.
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The Victorian Poet Who Sought to Capture Everyday Life in Her Verse
“Two-Way Mirror,” by Fiona Sampson, is the first biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning in many years. It aims to restore the now overlooked poet’s reputation as a major innovator.
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Three Short Story Collections That Use Humor to Overcome Hardship
New story collections from Chris Stuck, Simon Rich and Jaime Cortez.
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How America Lost Its Way in Afghanistan
Two new books, “The American War in Afghanistan,” by Carter Malkasian, and “The Afghanistan Papers,” by Craig Whitlock, trace Washington’s long history of mistakes and miscalculations.
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Covert Actions: How Espionage Has Helped Win Wars
Four new books examine some of the darker corners of World War II and the Cold War.
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Sci-Fi Has Changed A Lot In The Past Decade — These 7 Reads Will Show You How
This year's Summer Poll is all about the past decade in science fiction and fantasy, so we asked critic Jason Sheehan to come up with his own list of the new sci-fi that's blowing his mind.
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