{"id":50,"date":"2016-08-24T03:51:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T08:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2026-01-27T17:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T23:57:16","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Homepage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:68%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li 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class=\"single-review-book wp-block-acf-single-review-book\">\n\n  <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-book_cover_crop book-cover\" style=\"margin: var(--wp--preset--spacing--16) var(--wp--preset--spacing--24);\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/our-golden-age-of-reading-online\/\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DIGITAL-SOCIAL-READING-400x600.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-60445\" alt=\"Digital Social Reading: Sharing Fiction in the Twenty-First Century\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DIGITAL-SOCIAL-READING-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DIGITAL-SOCIAL-READING-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DIGITAL-SOCIAL-READING-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DIGITAL-SOCIAL-READING.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>    <\/a>\n  <\/figure>\n\n  <div class=\"wp-block-group book-info is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ce155fab wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n\n    <p class=\"book-title\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/our-golden-age-of-reading-online\/\">\n        Digital Social Reading: Sharing Fiction in the Twenty-First Century      <\/a>\n    <\/p>\n\n          <p class=\"book-author\">Federico Pianzola<\/p>\n    \n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<div class=\"single-review-book wp-block-acf-single-review-book\">\n\n  <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-book_cover_crop book-cover\" style=\"margin: var(--wp--preset--spacing--16) var(--wp--preset--spacing--24);\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/toward-a-realpolitik-for-ai\/\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AI-SNAKE-OIL-COVER-400x600.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-59937\" alt=\"AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can\u2019t, and How to Tell the Difference\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>    <\/a>\n  <\/figure>\n\n  <div class=\"wp-block-group book-info is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ce155fab wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n\n    <p class=\"book-title\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/toward-a-realpolitik-for-ai\/\">\n        AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can\u2019t, and How to Tell the Difference      <\/a>\n    <\/p>\n\n          <p class=\"book-author\">Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor<\/p>\n    \n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-bottom pattern big-header is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-649771ef wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--orange);border-bottom-width:8px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--12)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h1 has-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color has-libre-baskerville-font-family wp-elements-f3ced83ac5c5b0418dcb5e64f13b5f80\">Chapter One<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>What is <em>Public Books<\/em>? To find out, start by reading some of the magazine\u2019s most iconic writing here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b0bab6eb wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"columns-2 gap-large wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-02493678 wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-56436 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-essays tag-asian tag-border tag-border-patrol tag-borderlands tag-chinese-exclusion-act tag-immigration tag-johnson-reed-act tag-migration tag-politics tag-the-border-is-the-crisis section-borderlands\">\n<figure style=\"aspect-ratio:5\/3;\" class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/the-100-year-old-racist-law-that-broke-americas-immigration-system\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"690\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/chinese-exclusion-act-1882.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"The 100-Year-Old Racist Law that Broke America\u2019s Immigration System\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/chinese-exclusion-act-1882.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/chinese-exclusion-act-1882-1024x589.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/chinese-exclusion-act-1882-768x442.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/category\/essays\/\" rel=\"tag\">Essays<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"h6 wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/the-100-year-old-racist-law-that-broke-americas-immigration-system\/\" target=\"_self\" >The 100-Year-Old Racist Law that Broke America\u2019s Immigration System<\/a><\/h2>\n\n      <div class=\"pb-author-block\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/author\/mae-ngai\/\" class=\"pb-author-name\">\n          Mae Ngai        <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    \n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-60693 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-essays tag-common-core tag-education tag-higher-ed-under-trump tag-higher-education tag-standardization tag-trump section-higher-education\">\n<figure style=\"aspect-ratio:5\/3;\" class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/toward-the-higher-and-secondary-ed-alliance\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1599\" height=\"1034\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Scantron_888P_machine_background_removed.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Toward the Higher- and Secondary-Ed Alliance!\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Scantron_888P_machine_background_removed.png 1599w, https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Scantron_888P_machine_background_removed-1024x662.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Scantron_888P_machine_background_removed-768x497.png 768w, https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Scantron_888P_machine_background_removed-1536x993.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1599px) 100vw, 1599px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/category\/essays\/\" rel=\"tag\">Essays<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"h6 wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/toward-the-higher-and-secondary-ed-alliance\/\" target=\"_self\" >Toward the Higher- and Secondary-Ed Alliance!<\/a><\/h2>\n\n      <div class=\"pb-author-block\">\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/author\/anna-e-clark\/\" class=\"pb-author-img-link\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/AnnaClark-300x300.jpg\" class=\"pb-author-avatar wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/AnnaClark-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/AnnaClark-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/AnnaClark-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/AnnaClark-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/AnnaClark-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>          <\/a>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/author\/anna-e-clark\/\" class=\"pb-author-name\">\n          Anna E. Clark        <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    \n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-59703 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-essays tag-american-politics tag-arendt-in-dark-times tag-authoritarianism tag-b-sides tag-hannah-arendt tag-politics tag-trump pbseries-b-sides\">\n<figure style=\"aspect-ratio:5\/3;\" class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/lying-in-politics-hannah-arendts-antidote-to-anticipatory-despair\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/luke-stackpoole-gy4s9SQ1RI-unsplash-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\u201cLying in Politics\u201d: Hannah Arendt\u2019s Antidote to Anticipatory Despair\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/luke-stackpoole-gy4s9SQ1RI-unsplash-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/luke-stackpoole-gy4s9SQ1RI-unsplash-1024x674.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/luke-stackpoole-gy4s9SQ1RI-unsplash-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/luke-stackpoole-gy4s9SQ1RI-unsplash-1536x1011.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/luke-stackpoole-gy4s9SQ1RI-unsplash-2048x1349.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/category\/essays\/\" rel=\"tag\">Essays<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"h6 wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/lying-in-politics-hannah-arendts-antidote-to-anticipatory-despair\/\" target=\"_self\" >\u201cLying in Politics\u201d: Hannah Arendt\u2019s Antidote to Anticipatory Despair<\/a><\/h2>\n\n      <div class=\"pb-author-block\">\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/author\/john-plotz\/\" class=\"pb-author-img-link\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/PlotzJohn-e1600363151982-300x300.jpeg\" class=\"pb-author-avatar wp-post-image\" alt=\"John Plotz\" \/>          <\/a>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/author\/john-plotz\/\" class=\"pb-author-name\">\n          John Plotz        <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    \n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-51173 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-essays tag-children tag-corporations tag-data tag-disney tag-privacy tag-seeing-past-the-tech tag-surveillance tag-technology section-technology\">\n<figure style=\"aspect-ratio:5\/3;\" class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/data-free-disney\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1144\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/3853057064_0e39f453cb_h.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Data Free Disney\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/3853057064_0e39f453cb_h.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/3853057064_0e39f453cb_h-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/3853057064_0e39f453cb_h-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/3853057064_0e39f453cb_h-1536x1098.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/category\/essays\/\" rel=\"tag\">Essays<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"h6 wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/data-free-disney\/\" target=\"_self\" >Data Free Disney<\/a><\/h2>\n\n      <div class=\"pb-author-block\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/author\/janet-vertesi\/\" class=\"pb-author-name\">\n          Janet Vertesi        <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    \n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-61465 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-essays tag-borderlands tag-cuba tag-deportation tag-florida tag-migration tag-politics tag-solidarity tag-trump section-borderlands\">\n\n<div class=\"featured-quote-image-block pb-bg-red\">\n\n        <div class=\"pb-image-wrapper\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/will-cuban-americans-choose-trumpism-or-solidarity\/\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/UMiamiLibrary-1000x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-feature_img_crop size-feature_img_crop wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>          <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n\n  \n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/category\/essays\/\" rel=\"tag\">Essays<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"h4 wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/will-cuban-americans-choose-trumpism-or-solidarity\/\" target=\"_self\" >Will Cuban Americans Choose Trumpism, or Solidarity?<\/a><\/h2>\n\n      <div class=\"pb-author-block\">\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/author\/michael-j-bustamante\/\" class=\"pb-author-img-link\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/bustamante-hero-940x529-1-e1687459346913-300x300.jpg\" class=\"pb-author-avatar wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>          <\/a>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/author\/michael-j-bustamante\/\" class=\"pb-author-name\">\n          Michael J. Bustamante        <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    \n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Voting overwhelmingly for Trump, Cuban Americans are now mostly silent as the new administration cracks down on all migrants, including Cubans. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group pattern email-signup has-secondary-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5c5a996f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-width:8px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--12);flex-basis:70%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h3\">Sign up for our newsletter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Subscribe to get our newsletter, for the latest reviews, essays and interviews delivered straight to your inbox!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<form action=\"\/\/publicbooks.us13.list-manage.com\/subscribe\/post?u=625ea08f73a2b1661ef2f3ac7&amp;id=d048c39403\" method=\"post\" id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" name=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" class=\"pb-newsletter-form validate\" target=\"_blank\" novalidate>\n    \n    <div class=\"pb-signup-row\">\n        \n        <input type=\"email\" value=\"\" name=\"EMAIL\" class=\"pb-email-input required email\" id=\"mce-EMAIL\" placeholder=\"Email address\" required>\n\n        <div style=\"position: absolute; left: -5000px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <input type=\"text\" name=\"b_625ea08f73a2b1661ef2f3ac7_d048c39403\" tabindex=\"-1\" value=\"\">\n        <\/div>\n\n        <input type=\"submit\" value=\"SUBSCRIBE\" name=\"subscribe\" id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe\" class=\"pb-submit-button\">\n    \n    <\/div>\n\n    <div id=\"mce-responses\" class=\"pb-responses\">\n        <div class=\"response\" id=\"mce-error-response\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"response\" id=\"mce-success-response\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"314\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/newsletter_sing_up.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64502\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-bottom pattern big-header is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-649771ef wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--orange);border-bottom-width:8px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--12)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h1 has-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color has-libre-baskerville-font-family wp-elements-5f2fc2453974da4ff5ed8cf911af2e39\">Academics Today<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>The scholars, students, and staff that make universities their home are at the core of <em>Public Books<\/em>. How do such academics live and work in the university today? And what does that reveal about the academics of tomorrow?  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b0bab6eb wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-60710 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-essays tag-higher-ed-under-trump tag-higher-education tag-knowledge tag-trump section-higher-education\">\n\n<div class=\"featured-quote-image-block pb-bg-red\">\n\n        <div class=\"pb-image-wrapper\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/academics-must-seize-the-means-of-knowledge-production\/\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/nathan-dumlao-ewGMqs2tmJI-unsplash-1000x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-feature_img_crop size-feature_img_crop wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>          <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n\n  \n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/category\/essays\/\" rel=\"tag\">Essays<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"h4 wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/academics-must-seize-the-means-of-knowledge-production\/\" target=\"_self\" >Academics Must Seize the Means of Knowledge Production<\/a><\/h2>\n\n      <div class=\"pb-author-block\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/author\/christopher-newfield\/\" class=\"pb-author-name\">\n          Christopher Newfield        <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    \n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Trumpism has canceled the knowledge society. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"columns-2 gap-large wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-02493678 wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-54594 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-essays tag-history-of-the-book tag-libraries tag-technology section-art section-higher-education\">\n<figure style=\"aspect-ratio:5\/3;\" class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/how-to-lose-a-library\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1980\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2560px-Holland_House_library_after_an_air_raid.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"How to Lose a Library\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2560px-Holland_House_library_after_an_air_raid.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2560px-Holland_House_library_after_an_air_raid-1024x792.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2560px-Holland_House_library_after_an_air_raid-768x594.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2560px-Holland_House_library_after_an_air_raid-1536x1188.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2560px-Holland_House_library_after_an_air_raid-2048x1584.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/category\/essays\/\" rel=\"tag\">Essays<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"h6 wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/how-to-lose-a-library\/\" target=\"_self\" >How to Lose a Library<\/a><\/h2>\n\n      <div class=\"pb-author-block\">\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/author\/carolyn-dever\/\" class=\"pb-author-img-link\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/unnamed.jpeg\" class=\"pb-author-avatar wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>          <\/a>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/author\/carolyn-dever\/\" class=\"pb-author-name\">\n          Carolyn Dever        <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    \n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-50860 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-reviews tag-academia tag-capitalism tag-college tag-higher-education tag-labor tag-printscreen tag-reading tag-universities tag-university-of-chicago-press section-higher-education section-print-screen\">\n<figure style=\"aspect-ratio:5\/3;\" class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/reading-after-the-university-english-departments\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1249\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/30029939911_12b6acc772_k-e1667309387429.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Reading after the University\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/30029939911_12b6acc772_k-e1667309387429.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/30029939911_12b6acc772_k-e1667309387429-1024x625.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/30029939911_12b6acc772_k-e1667309387429-768x468.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/30029939911_12b6acc772_k-e1667309387429-1536x937.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/category\/reviews\/\" rel=\"tag\">Reviews<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"h6 wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/reading-after-the-university-english-departments\/\" target=\"_self\" >Reading after the University<\/a><\/h2>\n\n      <div class=\"pb-author-block\">\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/author\/sarah-brouillette\/\" class=\"pb-author-img-link\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Brouillette-headshot-300x300.jpg\" class=\"pb-author-avatar wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>          <\/a>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/author\/sarah-brouillette\/\" class=\"pb-author-name\">\n          Sarah Brouillette        <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    \n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-61095 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-essays tag-antisemitism tag-campus-protests tag-college tag-government tag-higher-education tag-justice tag-politics section-higher-education\">\n<figure style=\"aspect-ratio:5\/3;\" class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/toward-a-university-of-repair\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1856\" height=\"1158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/emmanuel-offei-bOrjvtn7aY0-unsplash-e1762454380518.jpg\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/toward-a-university-of-repair\/\" target=\"_self\" >Toward a University of Repair<\/a><\/h2>\n\n      <div class=\"pb-author-block\">\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/author\/jill-stauffer\/\" class=\"pb-author-img-link\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/JillStauffer24-scaled-e1762454557840-300x300.jpg\" class=\"pb-author-avatar wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>          <\/a>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/author\/jill-stauffer\/\" class=\"pb-author-name\">\n          Jill Stauffer        <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    \n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-59039 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-essays tag-cancer tag-death tag-friendship tag-henry-james tag-literature tag-love tag-queer-theory section-lives-histories\">\n<figure style=\"aspect-ratio:5\/3;\" class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/a-brief-queer-history-of-going-to-bed-with-your-hot-friends\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1587\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/krista-mangulsone-RnR12I78SFo-unsplash-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"A Brief Queer History of Going to Bed with Your Hot Friends\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/krista-mangulsone-RnR12I78SFo-unsplash-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/krista-mangulsone-RnR12I78SFo-unsplash-1024x635.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/krista-mangulsone-RnR12I78SFo-unsplash-768x476.jpg 768w, 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Have borders always been violent? Is there a just future for migrants? This section analyzes the politics, policies, and judicial rulings that restrict the movements of people around our shared world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"columns-4 gap-large wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-e7fd85f5 wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-61344 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-essays tag-europe tag-immigration tag-latin-america tag-latino tag-latinx tag-migration tag-paris section-borderlands section-lives-histories\">\n<figure style=\"aspect-ratio:5\/3;\" class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/paris-latino-how-latin-america-migrated-to-europe\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"761\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Le_jardin_de_la_maison_de_lAmerique_latine.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\u201cParis Latino\u201d: How Latin America Migrated to Europe\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/category\/essays\/\" rel=\"tag\">Essays<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"h6 wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/paris-latino-how-latin-america-migrated-to-europe\/\" target=\"_self\" >\u201cParis Latino\u201d: How Latin America Migrated to Europe<\/a><\/h2>\n\n      <div class=\"pb-author-block\">\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/author\/melanie-shi\/\" class=\"pb-author-img-link\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/melanieshi-e1740668743952-300x300.jpeg\" class=\"pb-author-avatar wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>          <\/a>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/author\/melanie-shi\/\" class=\"pb-author-name\">\n          Melanie Shi        <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    \n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-60540 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-reviews tag-borders tag-colonialism tag-duke-university-press tag-haymarket tag-immigration tag-kenya tag-mexico tag-migration tag-palestine tag-politics tag-technology tag-the-new-press tag-university-of-minnesota-press section-borderlands\">\n<figure style=\"aspect-ratio:5\/3;\" class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/with-big-tech-the-border-is-everywhere\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2010\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/German-Shepherd-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"With Big Tech, the Border Is Everywhere\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/German-Shepherd-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/German-Shepherd-1024x804.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/German-Shepherd-768x603.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/German-Shepherd-1536x1206.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/German-Shepherd-2048x1608.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/category\/reviews\/\" rel=\"tag\">Reviews<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"h6 wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/with-big-tech-the-border-is-everywhere\/\" target=\"_self\" >With Big Tech, the Border Is Everywhere<\/a><\/h2>\n\n      <div class=\"pb-author-block\">\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/author\/jenna-m-loyd\/\" class=\"pb-author-img-link\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Loyd-Headshot-e1756003910230-300x300.jpg\" class=\"pb-author-avatar wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>          <\/a>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/author\/jenna-m-loyd\/\" class=\"pb-author-name\">\n          Jenna M. 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