Readpolitik: The Character of Berlin
November 20, 2018
A sprawling chronicle of the Nazis' rise to power, decades in the making, sheds light on both the present and the past.
Rob Spillman
Readpolitik: Life on Mars
August 9, 2018
Rachel Kushner's new novel, The Mars Room, is a study in empathy.
Readpolitik: Too God, Too Human
May 17, 2018
Akwaeke Emezi’s debut novel is a powerful exploration of the liminal.
No Anne Frank
July 3, 2015
Readpolitik: With this sneaky, survival-focused narrator Aron, Jim Shepard elevates the ordinary and makes a necessary addition to the literature of the Holocaust.
Satire and Macro-Aggressions
March 31, 2015
Readpolitik: Paul Beatty’s The Sellout skewers the idea of “post-racial” society.
Rob Spillman: Yes, It’s about Racism
November 10, 2014
Readpolitik: On Claudia Rankine’s polemical poetry.
Jury Duty
July 25, 2012
A month on a Grand Jury reveals what happens when guns are cheap and easy to come by.