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Writing My Country

Beau Beausoleil
Poet Beau Beausoleil has been called "the most important voice of witness in our country right now."

Complications

William Berkowitz
At a time when the Trump administration attacks the Smithsonian for presenting a complicated picture of American history, poet William Berkowitz muses on how quickly society forgets its own history.

Algiers, Black Panthers, Freedom Fighters, Revolutionaries

Ben Ehrenreich The Guardian
In the 1960s, Algeria became an international home for exiled artists, intellectuals and freedom fighters. Elaine Mokhtefi, who died in New York City on September 11 at age 97, met them all. Here is a 2018 review of her memoir.

The Party of Baristas

Gabriel Winant Dissent Magazine
Noam Scheiber’s Mutiny shows that the labor organizing of the radicalized PMC is far more than a fit of whimsical proletarian roleplay.