Criticism

Dig Deep: Beyond Lean In

This article appeared originally at The Feminist Wire. A year ago, few folks were talking…

Collard Greens All Year Long: African-American Migration Narratives and the Promise of Newark by Samantha J. Boardman

An elected official who, to this day, won’t travel by car without taking her own…

Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners, A Review

Asterix went to the movies last week. We watched Shola Lynch’s Free Angela and All…

Charged and Uncoiled: A Review of Xochiquetzal Candelaria’s “Empire”

At its most potent, the language in Xochiquetzal Candelaria’s Empire simultaneously welds comparisons and juxtapositions,…

The Chicken and the Egg: Bird Flu in Bengal by Janam Mukherjee

One of the many brutal and dangerous realities of hunger is that its sufferers, the…

Ethological Variations on Leftover Turkey and Other Matters: Singularity and Relationships in Cuisine as Morph Culture by Gerald Iguchi

Introduction: Turkey Pozole and Turkey Udon Not long after Thanksgiving, 2011, I saw a recipe for “Chipotle Turkey…