Review | David W. Blight’s ‘Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom’
The author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography sharpens our understanding of the orator’s life and influence on the nation.
Author: Brian Tanguay
Review | Masha Gessen’s ‘Surviving Autocracy’
Author examines how Donald Trump has come close to ruling America like an autocrat.
Review | Bakari Sellers’ ‘My Vanishing Country’
The author recounts what it means to be Civil Rights activist Cleveland Sellers’ son.
Essay | The Echoes of America’s Past in America’s Present
Ibram X. Kendi’s Stamped from the Beginning is essential reading.
Review | Sameer Pandya’s ‘Members Only’
Sameer Pandya skillfully uses elements of the immigrant experience, mid-life crisis, and university life to weave a fictional spell.
Review | The Wizard of Sacramento: Governor Jerry Brown
While the book usefully illustrates the difference between Jerry Brown’s reputation and his actions, one would be hard-pressed to find a political leader of whom the same can’t be said.
Tom Ball Interviewed
Beloved Santa Barbara musician pens his first novel.
Review | Nels Fredrickson’s ‘Itza’s Garden’
John Iwerks illustrates this clever story about a hen who escapes the factory farm.
Review | Roger Hallam’s ‘Common Sense for the 21st Century’
The co-founder of the global environmental group, Extinction Rebellion, issues a blueprint for action.
A Pilgrimage to Montgomery, Alabama
Everywhere I went in Montgomery I met friendly, kind people, but I got the full treatment at Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church.