Part OnePart Three IV. On the Subject of Apartheid Jim Hicks: In framing our next discussion around Friel’s useful comparison, and drawing out of the parallel, between apartheid in South Africa and the recent history of Israel and Palestine, because of the subject of Adam’s work, I was no doubt mainly thinking . . .
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Part OnePart Two III. The View from Outside Jim Hicks: In the questions I sent you both, I’m afraid I wasn’t very effective at framing the next topic, but what I’d like to ask you both is rather simple: how do you think Friel’s arguments might resonate outside the US? My sense . . .
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Part One II. The Metaphor of the Lion Jim Hicks: Well, we’ve already come close to a second point I wanted to discuss, because I find it really striking and deeply frightening—the characterization that Dershowitz uses to describe what he paints as the enemy, the metaphor of the lion. I thought that . . .
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Editor’s Note: After attending a launch event for Howard Friel’s Chomsky and Dershowitz: On Endless War and the End of CIvil Liberties, we asked a couple of friends of MR to sit down for conversation about the book and the crucial issues it raises. What follows is the first of a five-part discussion. I. The . . .
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Folks who follow this magazine will have noted that we keep closer tabs than most on events in the former Yugoslavia. Here MR Contributor Ulvija Tanović reports from streets of Sarajevo on the protests that have lit up cities around Bosnia-Herzegovina over the past week—a revolt that began on the thirty-year anniversary . . .
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Stuart Hall, a beloved cultural theorist and political activist whose work reached so many people across so many borders, died Monday in London, at the age of 82. Since then, colleagues, friends, readers and even opponents have sought to recognize his contributions to their thinking, their understanding, and their political projects. Memorial . . .
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Falling into PlaceCatherine ReidBeacon Press, February 2014 Presiding over Catherine Reid’s lyrical collection of essays, Falling into Place, is a naturalist who questions both the great web of technology and the old-fashioned policies that still dominate in twenty-first century America. Under the spell of this book, I felt as if I were entering into . . .
Read MoreOver the years, you’ll find the magic made by the right song at the right place at the right time. —Pete Seeger Anyone who finds themselves discovering the banjo in any way, be it as participant or observer, knows . . .
Read MoreI learned of Mandela’s death while waiting in Boston’s Logan Airport to board a flight to London and Cape Town. As my two young boys hovered on the window ledge watching airplanes maneuver in the night, a text arrived from a close friend: “What a momentous time to be traveling to South . . .
Read MoreThe Massachusetts Review helped celebrate the 50th anniversary of the UMass MFA for Poets and Writers! Many of our interns, editors, and contributors are graduates of the program, and shared their work at an event reading recognizing the MFA’s golden anniversary: National Book Critics Circle Award-winner Mira Bartok reading selections from MR‘s Spring 2014 issue. . . .
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