Alex Sayf Cummings's Blog, page 11

All Together on a Life Raft in the Wine-Dark Sea

Pandemic life has shown us that loneliness and togetherness are closer to each other than we once thought.

A Leaked Peer Review

It is highly unusual for this to happen, but the reader reports for In Search of the Third Bird, forthcoming from MIT Press, have leaked.

We Have Been Making Shit Up for Some Time

The stories we tell ourselves about the free market shatter in a Cleveland hospital.

When Is Asian American Life Grievable?

Seulghee Lee discusses pernicious misconceptions about anti-Asian hate and violence -- notions often promoted by Asian American intellectuals themselves.

Ben Carson’s Unfortunate Cornerstone

The good doctor's latest pieties echo an ugly part of the American past, argues Steven Lubet.

My PhD at Marquette: The Human Cost of Academia’s Abusive Culture

One former PhD student's harrowing experience points to an opaque and capricious system.

Interregnum? I Never Met ‘Em

Even if we can't have the Olympics, Thanksgiving dinner, or sex, the Oscars must go on.

Love Note to and Mourning for Asian American Atlanta

Stan Thangaraj on the city and the communities he loves, in an ocean of tragedy.

We Need Music: DIY Live Streaming Performance During the Pandemic

Amid the loneliness of the Pandemic, both musicians and fans felt starved for live music -- and got creative remaking it.

Neoliberalism with a Stick of Gum: The Meaning of the 1980s Baseball Card Boom

Before beanie babies and Pogs, small rectangles of cardboard were the errant investments of a stratifying American society.