Arrest and Detention, and the Aftermath Luis Zayas Society & Culture Hippo Reads is proud to be working with Oxford University Press to highlight unmissable excerpts from recent and upcoming titles. Today’s post is reprinted from Forgotten Citizens by Luis Zayas with...
What Brave New Worlds: Top Reads Maria Repnikova Society & Culture So You Have Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson This book is an exploration into the phenomenon of online public shaming. The author draws a reader in through a personal story of someone attempting...
Turning Your PhD Into a Job Karen Kelsky Education, Society & Culture Hippo Reads is proud to be partnering with Three Rivers Press to feature an adaption from THE PROFESSOR IS IN: The Essential Guide To Turning Your Ph.D. Into a Job © 2015 by Karen Kelsky. Published by Three...
How Philosophers Approach Food Ethics Paul B. Thompson Art & Literature, Arts & Culture, Philosophy, Society & Culture Hippo Reads is proud to be working with Oxford University Press to highlight unmissable excerpts from recent and upcoming titles. Today’s post is reprinted from From Field to Fork: Food Ethics for Everyone...
A New England Town Sprays Its Elm Trees with DDT Charles F. Wurster Society & Culture Hippo Reads is proud to be working with Oxford University Press to highlight unmissable excerpts from recent and upcoming titles. Today’s post is reprinted from DDT Wars: Rescuing Our National Bird...
On Being Alive and the Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Nicolas Rasiulis Society & Culture Being Alive by Tim Ingold As summer is reawakening many of us from our winter slumber, we are drawn to the outdoors for a well-earned breath of fresh air. Reading Being Alive is a perfect complement to an...
Fighting On and Singing Along with Prince’s ‘Baltimore’ Alexandra Apolloni Art & Literature, Arts & Culture, History, Society & Culture Prince's song “Baltimore” calls for justice – but it also calls for dancing. And while it might seem incongruous to want to get people up and dancing at a moment like this, the sound of this kind of music - and the way it moves people to move their bodies and come together – can have political power.
