On this week's Front Table, human costs of deportation, Clarence Major, prophetic figures in twentieth-century America, feminist takes on hyper-incarceration in the United States, histories of visual imperialism, and more!
The Deportation Machine: America's Long History of Expelling Immigrants (Princeton University Press)
By Adam Goodman
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Everywhere You Don't Belong (Algonquin Books)
By Gabriel Bump
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The Torture Letters: Reckoning with Police Violence (University of Chicago Press)
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On the Front Table this week, a capacious reading of the Western religious tradition on nature, alternative 90s culture in rural Ohio, Shirley Hazzard, an illuminating self-portrait from one of the most eminent historians of our time, new perspectives on the power of V. S. Naipaul’s writing, and more! Browse anytime at semcoop.com
Bach's Musical Universe: The Composer and His Work (W. W. Norton & Company)
By Christoph...
On the Front Table this week, the history of affirmative action, unlikely cases of the love-hate relationship between serious fiction and commercial advice, the genius of megachurches, forgotten works of Islamic literature, Emily Dickinson, and more! Browse anytime at semcoop.com
The Affirmative Action Puzzle (Pantheon Books)
By Melvin I. Urofsky
From Melvin I. Urofsky, acclaimed legal historian and...
On the Front Table this week, explorations of mankind's relationship to myth, critiques of virtual transparency, ideas of heaven and hell, (still) urgent analyses of American life, the history of the codpiece, and more! Browse anytime at semcoop.com
American Birds: A Literary Companion (Library of America)
By Andrew Rubenfeld & Terry Tempest Williams
As this beguiling literary...
On our Front Table this week, risk as celebration, subtle (albeit profound) reconsiderations of time in the Renaissance, the history of the midlife crisis, new ways of thinking about our interconnected hemisphere, and more. Browse our Front Table anytime at semcoop.com.
Anachronic Renaissance (Zone Books)
By Alexander Nagel & Christopher S. Wood
In this widely anticipated book, two leading contemporary art historians...
This week, we're departing from our typical Front Table feature to go into the stacks to bring you our poetry and fiction "front table" selections. As ever, you can shop both section at semcoop.com.
44 poems for you (Copper Canyon Press)
By Sarah Ruhl
Playwright Sarah Ruhl's first book of poetry, 44 Poems for You, offers poems that form a subtle, personal meditation on family, motherhood, and loss. With a finely tuned ear for...
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The World as an Architectural Project (MIT Press)
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