Tag
Nonfiction
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“Independence and Abolition Went Hand in Hand”: Julia Gaffield on Jean-Jacques Dessalines
“Securing the first permanent, universal, and immediate abolition of slavery was Jean-Jacques Dessalines’s legacy.”
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On Our Nightstands: March 2025
A behind-the-scenes look at what Public Books editors and staff have been reading this month.
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Lori A. Flores on “Awaiting their Feast”
You probably remember the picture of himself, both thumbs up, that Donald Trump posted on social media with the caption, “Best Taco Bowl.” It was his ode to Mexican food on Cinco de Mayo 2016. The picture was mocked relentlessly, and deservedly so. For Latinos, taco bowls aren’t really a thing. And even if they…
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Stomaching Wellness
“The wellness industry’s promotion and legitimization of ableist self-perceptions makes it an especially dangerous force in the lives of the chronically ill.”
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Frivolity Is Not Unserious
“When we try to write about trauma, no matter what the trauma we wish to explore, it’s the poet’s job to do their homework.”
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On Our Nightstands: July 2024
A behind-the-scenes look at what Public Books editors and staff have been reading this month.
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The Author and the Eulogist: On Love and Death in Nonfiction
Authorial responsibility to a real subject—living or dead—is one of art’s unresolved and probably unresolvable ethical questions.
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Karla Cornejo Villavicencio on “Catalina”
“I find human behavior fascinating. I find it interesting. I find all of it confusing, every single aspect of it.”
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Permission to Jeer
It’s clear that something has changed in conservative politics over the last decade. An exploration of pro-wrestling fandom sheds light on why.
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“We Were Not That Band”—But What Was Sonic Youth?
Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore’s memoir may tell us about his life. But he doesn’t give us much insight into the band they were.
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On Our Nightstands: September 2023
A behind-the-scenes look at what Public Books editors and staff have been reading this month.
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On Our Nightstands: February 2023
A behind-the-scenes look at what Public Books editors and staff have been reading this month.
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On Our Nightstands: July 2022
A behind-the-scenes look at what Public Books editors and staff have been reading this month.
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My Mother’s Book, My Grandmother’s Life
“I always thought that the challenge of writing my grandmother’s story was capturing her singular voice. Rereading her emails, I remember why.”
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On Our Nightstands: January 2022
A behind-the-scenes look at what Public Books editors and staff have been reading this month.
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On Our Nightstands: September 2021
A behind-the-scenes look at what Public Books editors and staff have been reading this month.
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How College Teaching Can Have a Future
Do we want a university built around managers and cops, or around students and their teachers?
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The Melting of the American Mind
Figuring out how people became fascists was the aim of Adorno and his colleagues’ 1950 study, The Authoritarian Personality. Has the answer changed?
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Freedom for Whom?
What right does a society have to extoll freedom as its highest virtue if that same society is dependent on the unfreedom of others?
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On Our Nightstands: July 2021
A behind-the-scenes look at what Public Books editors and staff have been reading this month.
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What Does Erotica Reveal about Society? Talking with Pernilla Myrne
“I really liked Cardi B’s ‘WAP.’ It reminded me of one of the earliest poems written in history.”[none-for-homepage]
