Inhospitable World: Cinema in the Time of the Anthropocene
Winnie L.M Yee looks at how the content and production of Hollywood genre films and world cinema reflect man’s place in the postwar landscape of nuclear fear and climate crisis.
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Gender, Health, and History in Modern East Asia
Harry Yi-Jui Wu reviews a collection of essays that discuss the often disorienting impact of the introduction of Western biological and medical sciences to East Asia.
Be With
Lucas Klein reviews Forrest Gander’s challenging new collection of poetry.
Babushka’s Journey: The Dark Road to Stalin’s Wartime Camps
Natalia Delazari reviews Marcel Krueger’s intriguing new book which raises important questions about the intersection of memory, imagination, and identity in the genre of the memoir.
Why Only Art Can Save Us
Gregory Sholette reviews Santiago Zabala’s Heidegger-inspired investigation of contemporary art and aesthetics.
The Tiger Hunters of Tai O
Jason Chu reviews John Saeki’s new detective novel which restores the South China tiger to its rightful place in the wilds of Hong Kong.
Free Woman: Life, Liberation and Doris Lessing
Tom Sperlinger reviews Lara Feigel’s compelling work on the fascinating life of Doris Lessing.
Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
Jemes Besse on new media, conversation and technological design.
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