I have written on the intersection of capitalism and literature in the past, and I’m intrigued about Benjamin Kunkel’s project in Utopia or Bust of giving a number of leftist thinkers (some of whom are more relatively unknown than others, especially to North Americans) a public hearing. I find his style to be engaging, personable, and forthright. Note:I will be adding reflections on each chapter of the book as I get to them — as of right now Chapters 1 and 2 are complete and can be found below.
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W.D. Clarke is a writer living in Ontario, Canada, and is the author of White Mythology: Two Novellas, which is available in hardcover, on Kindle/Kobo, and as an audiobook on Audible.com and iTunes. You can preview it by clicking on the link below:
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