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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60% complete! Steven Ray has read 9 of 15 books.
A sweeping examination of the core issues of sexual politics, bell hooks' new book Feminist …
An excellent book. Thought-provoking, and written in a style that's serious and direct and yet, accessible. While it was published forty years ago, I feel like all the issues she discusses are still with us. Hence it's continued pertinence.
Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism is a book by Benedict …
Seems like a fascinating topic, and very relevant for our times.
Everyone needs to love and be loved -- even men. But to know love, men must be able to look …
A deep dive into the spectrum of Autistic experience and the phenomenon of masked Autism, …
Seems like an important read on my journey of self-discovery.
The subject of The Wheels of Commerce is the development of mechanisms of exchange—shops, markets, trade networks, and banking—in the …
The three-volume text by Henri Lefebvre is perhaps the richest, most prescient work about modern …
Heck yes. Right up my alley.
A sweeping examination of the core issues of sexual politics, bell hooks' new book Feminist Theory: from margin to center …
Tenth Anniversary Edition, with an introduction by Jessica Hagedorn
A 600+ page tour de force of historical fiction. A real education on the lives of immigrants from all over Asia and beyond during the tumultuous period of 1968-1977. Each year features a new cast, but they all revolve around the I Hotel in SF’s Chinatown. Wisened old timers mix with idealistic and determined twenty somethings, on a quest to protect what’s theirs in a land where the cards are stacked against them. Really engaging. An important read.
Tenth Anniversary Edition, with an introduction by Jessica Hagedorn
Tenth Anniversary Edition, with an introduction by Jessica Hagedorn
A quick, short read. Mostly transcripts of conversations, plus a few short essays. The conversation with Dan Ellsberg and Ed Snowdon was pretty riveting. Thumbs up.
