Democracy, Brexit and 4chan (2020)
I've been writing about political subjects for the New York Review of Books. You can read my essay on Trump's authoritarianism, a review of Masha Gessen's »
Advance praise for Red Pill
Red Pill got a starred review in Kirkus. I just heard from my editor that Booklist has called it 'dazzling', which I'll take. It also features »
I'm back
If you've been to this site in the last few years, you'll have noticed ... not very much. I've had a lot on my plate, including small »
Slavoj Žižek on the Refugee Crisis, with Hari Kunzru
Žižek's new book is said to be 'his most focused and urgent yet'. I wasn't so sure about that when I interviewed him at the Brooklyn »
The Obama Legacy (2016)
Expectations were sky high when Barack Obama was elected president in 2008. As his term draws to a close, has he disappointed or delivered? From race »