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Nicholson Baker – Baseless: My Search For Secrets In The Ruins Of The Freedom Of Information Act Acclaimed author, Nicholson Baker a master of fiction is also known for his riveting non-fiction.Baseless: My Search For...
In the 19th century, London’s West End area known as Seven Dials was notoriously dangerous and disreputable; not a safe place to be after dark. This darkness and danger provided the perfect inspiration for the...
Questions On Racism & Sexism. A Catastrophic Final Year.
Betsy Leondar Wright – Is It Racist? Is It Sexist? Why Red and Blue White People Disagree, and How to Decide in the Gray Areas Is It Racist? Is It Sexist? Two questions that seem...
A Timely & Compelling Scrutiny. Real Science Not Fiction. Call For Peace
Mike German, Beth Zasloff – Policing White Supremacy – The Enemy Within In Policing White Supremacy, former FBI agent Mike German, who worked undercover in white supremacist and militia groups, issues a wake-up call about...
Is Trump Karmic Payback? The Unlikely Record Label
Before and during the first Trump presidency, scholars, experts and commentators were all eager to share their opinions on the most unlikely of candidates. Now Trump has retuned to the White House we are going...
Once Upon a Time There Was Racism. The Same Question, Six Years Later.
Kimberly J. Lau – Specters Of The Marvelous: Race and the Development Of The European Fairy Tale “Picture yourself in a fairy-tale world. There you are, among the princes and princesses, peasants and paupers, among...
A Remarkable Autobiography. A Common Language Misunderstood.
Alice Rothchild – Inspired and Outraged: The Making of a Feminist Physician “The risks include infection, bleeding, perforation of the uterus, incomplete removal of tissue however your greatest risk is prosecution” Alice Rothchild on abortion...
In no particular order, here is the Life Elsewhere essential list of events, people, music, books and movies for 2024. Joe Biden A good man I would have loved to have interviewed. From what I...
A Memoir In Essays. A Broken Informational Landscape.
Steve Wasserman is as charming as his eloquent writing, he’s a raconteur, a cultural essayist & he talks to us about Tell Me Something, Tell Me Anything, Even If It’s A Lie. He takes the...
Will The World Come To An End?
Moments after Steve Kornacki paused slightly then continued reeling off percentages in whatever county in whichever swing state had just committed to Trump my iPhone and media feeds started going berserk. “We are doomed!” screamed...
Crucial Commodities: Metal & Sand
Vince Beiser – Power Metal – The Race For The Resources That Will Shape Our Future An Australian millionaire’s plan to mine the ocean floor. Nigerian garbage pickers risking their lives to salvage e-waste. A...
Counting The True Costs Of War – Gaza Update. Antisocial – Boundaries Erased.
Norman Solomon – War Made Invisible: How America Hides The Human Toll Of Its Military Machine The paperback edition of War Made Invisible is now available, Norman Solomon has written an Afterword about the Gaza...
