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Reincarnation, The Haptic, Food, and Wonder: A Conversation with Amitav Ghosh on his new novel, Ghost Eye
Today it is my immense pleasure and honor to welcome Amitav Ghosh to Speaking Out of Place to talk about his new novel, Ghost Eye. The novel is about reincarnation, but also a lot more. In our conversation we talk about the need to address the terrible set of...
Jamaica Osorio: Poems on Gaza—Contemplating the Impossible and Being Steadfast in Solidarity
Today I am deeply honored to spend time with poet, activist, and scholar Jamaica Osorio. Shortly...
“Liza Featherstone and Doug Henwood on Zohran Mamdani’s Victory in NYC: What is Its Significance, and What’s Next?”
In February, a New York assemblyman little known outside New York City was polling at 1% in his...
Talking with Dean Spade about Love in a Fucked-Up World: How letting go of the Romance Myth frees us to be better lovers and activists
Today I have the pleasure of talking with Dean Spade about his new book, Love in a Fucked-up...
Policing Black Lives: Abolition, not Reform, and on a Transnational Scale—A Conversation with Robyn Maynard
In 2017, activist-scholar Robyn Maynard published her groundbreaking study, Policing Black Lives:...
Discussing the Sudanese Solidarity Collective with Nisrin Elamin: Supporting Mutual Aid & Resistance Organizations
Today I talk with Professor Nisrin Elamin about the situation in Sudan, where we find both a war...
By-passing “Tradition,” Governmental Norms, and Global North Saviourism: Talking with Zachariah Mampilly About Rural Protest in Africa
How have young people in rural areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo invented new forms of...