A Norwegian philosopher once said that human consciousness was a terrible mistake. To be honest, we can’t blame him.
Allegations about the fabled author’s uncle and his potential transgressions renew questions about how much an author’s personal experiences matter when we evaluate their work.
Adrian Chiarella’s Leviticus shows us the horror of being young and gay in an evil small town with extravagant flair.
Once upon a time, in the early 1970s, an ethnic Mexican adolescent observed Chicanos at a family gathering sporting brown berets, black Ray-Ban sunglasses, and beatnik-styled goatees.
We need ways to reach a better understanding of what’s happened, what is now, and what could be.
Emily Dufton’s Addiction, Inc: Medication-Assisted Treatment and America’s Forgotten War on Drugs, explores the arc of treatment for opioid addiction from the late 1960s to the present, arguing that, briefly during the early 1970s, the federal government provided real treatment for addicts.
A dictatorship of billionaires—the Bezos, Musks, Soon-Shiongs of the world—ostensibly rules the lives of workers whose wages stagnate, if they’re not fired first.
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