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Late capitalism got you down? Join this (free!) Fredric Jameson study group.

Late capitalism got you down? Join this (free!) Fredric Jameson study group.

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By Brittany Allen | February 11, 2025

For philosophy newbs: five thinkers to follow today.

For philosophy newbs: five thinkers to follow today.

By Brittany Allen | April 29, 2024

Every Day is Earth Day: 365 Books to Start Your Climate Change Library

Every Day is Earth Day: 365 Books to Start Your Climate Change Library

Part Four: The Ideas

By Literary Hub | April 25, 2019

Angela Davis on Protest, 1968, and Her Old Teacher, Herbert Marcuse

Angela Davis on Protest, 1968, and Her Old Teacher, Herbert Marcuse

Read from Marcuse's Graphic Biography by Nick Thorkelson, edited by Paul Buhle and Andrew T. Lamas

By Literary Hub | April 3, 2019

When English and Computer Code Both Feel Like Foreign Languages

When English and Computer Code Both Feel Like Foreign Languages

"I am Ill at Ease in a Room of People Speaking Quickly and Fluidly"

By David Auerbach | August 31, 2018

The Literature of Ezili, Vodou Spirit Force of Queer Black Womanhood

The Literature of Ezili, Vodou Spirit Force of Queer Black Womanhood

Why Do Artists Return Again and Again to Ezili?

By Omise’eke Natasha Tinsley | February 9, 2018

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