OPEN STACKS | #8 Specters of Revolution: China Mieville, Norma Field, & Heather Bowen-Struyk
July 3rd, 2017
China Mieville reads from his latest book October and discusses the haunting legacy of the Russian Revolution. Editors Norma Field and Heather Bowen-Struyk read from their anthology of Japanese proletarian writings For Dignity, Justice, and Revolution. Plus, University of Chicago Professor Robert Bird reads and discusses Vladimir Mayakovsky's poem "Our March".
This episode was produced by Kit Brennen and Imani Jackson.
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