Talking to Pankaj Mishra; Natasha Stagg's Grand Rapids; Further Readings on HegemonyReading, Watching 09.28.26This is a regular feature for paid subscribers wherein I write a little bit about what I’ve been reading and/or watching. If you’re not yet a paid subscriber but regularly read, enjoy, or share Unpopular Front, please consider signing up. This newsletter is completely reader-supported and represents my primary source of income. At 5 dollars a month, it’s less than most things at Starbucks, and it’s still less than the “recession special” at Gray’s Papaya — $7.50 for two hot dogs and a drink. You can buy “When the Clock Broke,“ now available in paperback wherever books are sold. If you live in the UK, it’s also available there. This morning, I have for you:
On Wednesday, October 8th, I’ll be giving a talk at the University of Chicago, courtesy of the College of Law, Letters, and Society and the Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory. It is free and open to the public. I spoke to Pankaj Mishra about his most recent book The World After Gaza, the uses and abuses of Holocaust memory, nationalism, anti-colonial movements, Modi’s India, and what it can tell us about the I’m going to try to do more author interviews. My next one will be with sociologist Dylan Riley, author of The Civic Foundations of Fascism in Europe. Riley has a recent post on New Left Review’s Sidecar blog entitled “Post Mass Culture” that deals with “the fragmentation of mass culture, of opinion, of ‘common sense.’” Natasha Stagg’s fourth book and second novel Grand Rapids will be released this coming week from Semiotext(e). Read an excerpt in n+1 and check out her 2008 diary in The Paris Review. Subscribe to Unpopular Front to unlock the rest.Become a paying subscriber of Unpopular Front to get access to this post and other subscriber-only content. A subscription gets you:
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