Eight Juxtapositions

Sean Mahoney reviews China expert Jeffrey Wasserstrom’s latest collection of essays juxtaposing Chinese history and culture with some Western counterparts. Continue reading →

HKRB Interviews: Agon Hamza

Our co-editor Alfie Bown interviews philosopher Agon Hamza about his new book on the films of Pasolini and the philosophy Continue reading →

The Typewriter Revolution

Thomas L. Lynn, Jr. reviews a new book on typewriters by an expert in Heidegger. Will the revolution be typewritten? Richard Polt, The Typewriter Revolution Continue reading →

Miniature Metropolis

Vladimir Rizov review Andreas Huyssen’s new Harvard UP book taking in and connecting the most exiting writers of the modernist and modern city, from Continue reading →

HKRB Essays: Fundraising As Anaesthetic

Luke Cripps lives for a week on the contents of a Refugee Food Ration box and critically reflects on the Continue reading →

How to Talk about Videogames

Dominic Preston reviews the latest by videogame analysis maestro Ian Bogost, discussing the politics and cultures of gaming in contemporary society.  Continue reading →

Exclamation Marx

Leo Cookman reviews a new collection of poetry playing with Karl Marx and Marxism today. Neil Laurenson, Exclamation Marx (Silhouette Continue reading →

Aubrey de Grey – Advocate for an Indefinite Human Lifespan

Stephen Lee Naish reviews a new interview book between Douglas Lain and controversial age-defying scientist Aubrey de Grey, who was Continue reading →