I’m interested in a multitude of things, including social justice, socialism, history, poetry, magical realism (fiction), capitalism, race and class struggle, plus stuff like wine, baseball and music.
So mostly non-fiction, though I read maybe two novels per year and maybe one poetry collection.
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33% complete! Steven Ray has read 6 of 18 books.
Written between 1974 and 2016, Revolution at Point Zero collects four decades of research and theorizing on the nature of …
Václav Havel’s remarkable and rousing essay on the tyranny of apathy, with a new introduction by Timothy Snyder
Cowed by …
Václav Havel’s remarkable and rousing essay on the tyranny of apathy, with a new introduction by Timothy Snyder
Cowed by …
The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State (1884), was a provocative and profoundly influential critique of the …
The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State (1884), was a provocative and …
only a few pages in, this book is already utterly fascinating.
Václav Havel’s remarkable and rousing essay on the tyranny of apathy, with a new introduction by Timothy Snyder
Cowed by …
As the first book I've read about Autism, I found this one helpful. As every autistic person does not have the same symptoms / challenges, there are always going to be some things which don't pertain to you. But, the author did a good job of going over the wide range of challenges which one can face and what strategies and other things are available to help you cope.
Depicts a day in the life of a family deteriorating from alcoholism, drug addiction, and imminent death. Ageing actor, James …
The Obama presidency represents a major milestone in black history and the struggle for political, economic and cultural equality in …
The Obama presidency represents a major milestone in black history and the struggle for political, …
I read this book through the lens of everything that's happened since it was published in 2012. It's main focus is the event of the Obama presidency, and what it meant to both the author and to the people she interviewed. It's also of course about the history of being black in this country, and how the ascent of a black man to the presidency adds to that history and changes perceptions, changes the dynamic. So, it was a really worthwhile read.
In regards to progress, there's just so much more to do, and I think that'll always be true.
After the Second World War, nationalism emerged as the principle expression of resistance to Western imperialism in a variety of …
The Obama presidency represents a major milestone in black history and the struggle for political, economic and cultural equality in …
The Obama presidency represents a major milestone in black history and the struggle for political, economic and cultural equality in …
Opinion polls show that many people in the U.S. prefer socialism to capitalism. But after being declared dead and buried …
