Crash Course Joan Richardson on Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression by Morris Dickstein
Culture Corps Gregory Sholette on Art Workers: Radical Practice in the Vietnam War Era by Julia Bryan-Wilson
Love Thy Labor Andrew Ross on Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work by Matthew B. Crawford and The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by Alain de Botton
Imprisoner’s Dilemma Kim Phillips-Fein on Punishing the Poor: The Neoliberal Government of Social Insecurity by Loïc Wacquant
Talking Pictures Jordan Bear on Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits by Linda Gordon and Daring to Look: Dorothea Lange’s Photographs and Reports from the Field by Anne Whiston Spirn
Alex Balk on Shake the Devil Off: A True Story of the Murder That Rocked New Orleans by Ethan Brown and Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
Roland Kelts on Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath by Michael Norman and Elizabeth M. Norman
John Summers on Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America by Barbara Ehrenreich
Britt Peterson on The Queen of the Ring: Sex, Muscles, Diamonds, and the Making of an American Legend by Jeff Leen
Claire Barliant on The Possible Life of Christian Boltanski by Christian Boltanski and Catherine Grenier
Brian Sholis on Civic Passions: Seven Who Launched Progressive America (and What They Teach Us) by Cecelia Tichi
