Journalist Jonathan Cott’s Interviews, Captured
With his wide-ranging interviews, journalist Jonathan Cott explores “the indispensable and transformative powers of the imagination.”
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New Translation of Balzac’s ‘Lost Illusions’ Captivates
More than just a tale of one man's fall, Balzac's Lost Illusions charts how literature becomes another commodity in a system that demands backroom deals, moral compromise, and connections.
Allen Ginsberg’s Journals Offer Insight into Poetry, Culture, and Politics During the Cold War
Beginning in Cuba in 1965, Ginsberg recorded his experiences behind the Iron Curtain. Iron Curtain Journals: January-May 1965 brings us with him, via his intimate diary.
Transformation, Consumption, and Confusion in the Alternate World of Mariko Ōhara’s ‘Hybrid Child’
Gender is fluid, children are murdered, mothers are monsters, and nobody is safe on the distant planet of Caritas, where humans have settled and the governing female AI system is insane.
Touring with the Replacements: A Roadie’s POV
While neither groundbreaking nor eloquently composed, Lemon Jail contains a fascinating trove of grainy photographs and ephemera from touring with the Replacements.
Phil Ochs: ‘There But for Fortune’
The re-issue of Michael Schumacher's biography There But For Fortune is the tale of an insatiable obsessive stumbling down a legendary path but not coming out okay at the other end.