Review | Aaron Glantz’s ‘Homewreckers’
A scorching examination of the greed that crashed the American economy in 2008.
Brian Tanguay
Recent Stories
Review | Marjan Kamali’s The Stationery Shop
Ambitious, beautifully executed novel draws the reader in and never lets go.
Elaine Weiss Interviewed
Author of ‘The Woman’s Hour’ talks suffragists, 19th Amendment, history of women’s right to vote.
Review | ‘Keywords’
John Patrick Leary traces the meaning and usage of four dozen words.
Hendrika de Vries’s Moving Memoir
Amsterdam native’s story of her wartime experiences resonate in a world of violence, bigotry, and hatred.
Review | ‘The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote’
Book captures the complexity of a seminal moment in American history.
Review | ‘How to Be an Antiracist’ Is Cogent Analysis of Racism
Author Ibram X. Kendi poses that economic, political, or cultural self-interest drives racist policymakers, not hateful immorality.
Review | Colson Whitehead’s ‘The Nickel Boys’
Author draws from history that is as well-documented as it is shocking for new novel.
Speaking with Pico, 2019-20
Author talks with visionaries in his popular UCSB Arts & Lecture series.
Speaking with Pico Iyer
Series’s aim is to bring to the stage people with vision who can offer us possibilities to which we can aspire.
