Ryan Boyd

Ryan Boyd lives in Los Angeles and teaches at the University of Southern California.

Writing on Public Books

Art continues to get made—that’s what human beings do—but capital devours it.

The city’s ports may be physically located in the imperial core—inside the barricades of the USA—but their tendrils span the globe.

“You fall short and then you wonder, ‘what could I do differently next time that gets us a little bit closer?’ I love that process.”

Do we want a university built around managers and cops, or around students and their teachers?

Professors are in a class struggle, a real fight that cannot be won with critique alone.