Beginning the journey with this book today, a journey that I've looked forward to for years.
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I’m interested in a multitude of things, including social justice, socialism, history, poetry, magical realism (fiction), capitalism, race, class struggle, wine, baseball, music…
So mostly non-fiction, though I read maybe two novels per year.
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Steven Ray started reading The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa (Serpent's Tail classics)
Steven Ray rated On New Terrain: 4 stars

On New Terrain by Kim Moody
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An excellent primer on the changes that American Capitalism and organized labor have gone through over the past few decades. Fairly heavy on economic and labor statistics, the book nonetheless is written in an approachable style and offers strategies for labor’s reacendence as a force to counter Capitalism in the 21st century.
Steven Ray rated Re-Sisters: 4 stars

Re-Sisters by Cosey Fanni Tutti
From the acclaimed author of Art Sex Music comes a vital meditation on womanhood, creativity and self-expression, and a revelatory …
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Steven Ray wants to read The Climate Book by Margaret Atwood
Steven Ray finished reading New Left Review 145 by Terry Eagleton
Steven Ray finished reading Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
A phenomenal book. At times appalling, it provides a profound education from start to finish. Everyone in America should read this book to understand the depths of this issue, as ingrained as it is in our national DNA.
Steven Ray rated Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents: 5 stars

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
“As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in …
Steven Ray finished reading Essential Essays, Volume 1 by Stuart Hall
To me, this book is so crucial to understanding the media, politics and culture. You have to climb the mountain of Stuart’s vocabulary if, like me, your own is of a more pedestrian variety. But his perspective on how things ‘are’ and how we got here, even when some of these essays are several decades old, is so insightful. I’m very glad that I read this. Thanks for the education.
Steven Ray rated Essential Essays, Volume 1: 5 stars

Essential Essays, Volume 1 by Stuart Hall, David Morley
From his arrival in Britain in the 1950s and involvement in the New Left, to founding the field of cultural …