James Baldwin: Living in Fire by Bill V. Mullen
an interesting – tho intentionally unemotive – biography of Big Jimmy B
Tag: communism
The break-up of the Soviet Empire in Eastern Europe by Ghita Ionescu
like a newspaper but a book… from 1965
It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
powerful, tho rushed, 1930s novel about fascism in the USA
Berlin: City of Stones by Jason Lutes
the first part of a lauded comic about the weimar republic
The Commons by Stephen Collis
why are poets so obsessed with outside?
The Book of Daniel by E. L. Doctorow
The Cold War is a period loved by fiction. The world at that time was cast into blurry, grey-stained, blackContinue Reading
Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler
Almost two years ago to the day, I read Arthur Koestler’s Arrival and Departure*. That, unfortunately, didn’t really thrill meContinue Reading
Machos, Maricones, and Gays: Cuba and Homosexuality by Ian Lumsden
Many years ago I was given this academic book as a birthday present. My friend said, as he handed itContinue Reading
Triumph Of The Now 