Rebecca Solnit

Money Is a Concept: Pain, Hip-Hop, and Economic Soul-Sickness

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 10.16.2011

Richard (RJ) Eskow

These are disastrous times for millions of people, and our zero-sum money system can only enrich the few by bringing pain to the many. Can we build an economic policy out of our shared crisis and find a common purpose in its solution?

The Disaster Twin-Pak, Plus Zeitoun

Dale Pendell | Posted 05.25.2011

Dale Pendell

Reading Rebecca Solnit's A Paradise Built in Hell, I was struck by the contrast to Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine that I had read the year earlier.

The Shelf Talker: Lorrie Moore, Rebecca Solnit and Silly Putty

Kevin Smokler | Posted 05.25.2011

Kevin Smokler

Does the name Lorrie Moore mean anything to you? To us, she's only like the best short story writer ever.