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AIDS Play ‘The Normal Heart’ Is a Guide During COVID-19 and Political Indifference

AIDS Play ‘The Normal Heart’ Is a Guide During COVID-19 and Political Indifference

When national leadership isn't addressing a pandemic as it should, Larry Kramer, as playwright and activist, pens the only viable response: "Everyone's entitled to good medical care. If you're not getting it, you've got to fight for it."

Disruptive Films and Political Turmoil

Disruptive Films and Political Turmoil

Facet's Disruptive Film: Everyday Resistance to Power, Volume Two documents the multiple approaches a variety of filmmakers take in wielding video and celluloid for social change.

Blues Everywhere She Goes: Odetta

Blues Everywhere She Goes: Odetta

Ian Zack's biography gives the often-overlooked Odetta a chance to keeping shining that little light of hers.

Amplify: Graphic Narratives of Feminist Resistance

Amplify: Graphic Narratives of Feminist Resistance

The juxtaposition of the comics and their prose-only afterwards in Amplify are intriguing, but the result is a surprising undercurrent of mistrust in comics to represent history independently of traditional scholarly apparatus.

Does Amber Tamblyn’s ‘Era of Ignition’ Ignite Your Flame?

Does Amber Tamblyn’s ‘Era of Ignition’ Ignite Your Flame?

Actor Amber Tamblyn is aspiring to something deeper than just the chronicle of herself as a young ingénue who came of age as a TV star in her memoir, Era of Ignition. In our politically tumultuous times, does she succeed?

‘Black Lives Matter and Music’: From a Movement That’s Only Beginning to Find Its Voice

‘Black Lives Matter and Music’: From a Movement That’s Only Beginning to Find Its Voice

Scholars share their initial thoughts on the musical reactions to the burgeoning social movement, Black Lives Matter, in this anthology from Indiana University Press.

Oh, Canada! (in Ass-kicking Comics)

‘Radio Free Vermont’ Showcases the Political Power of Ordinary People

‘Radio Free Vermont’ Showcases the Political Power of Ordinary People

Bill McKibben's novel asks readers to value resistance movements that embrace humor, creativity, and civility while inspiring activism as part of our everyday lives.