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Malcolm Harris is a journalist, critic and author. writer PALO ALTO, KIDS THESE DAYS, SHIT IS FUCKED UP AND BULLSHIT working on a new one about climate politics malcolmpharris@gmail California communist (him)

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Book Cover for: Republic, Plato

Republic

Plato
Malcolm HarrisMalcolm Harris

I believe that last one was a complaint about when Badiou tried to rewrite Plato's Republic with a mean feminist character.

Paperback, 2012

$13.00$6.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom, Kathryn Olivarius

Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom

Kathryn Olivarius
Malcolm HarrisMalcolm Harris

Excited to share my interview with @katolivarius about her new book NECROPOLIS about the yellow fever society of 19th century New Orleans for @nplusonemag. There's so much in there that's relevant to our moment https://t.co/N7tCK7sFxh

Paperback, 2024

$21.95$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Silicon Valley, Women, and the California Dream: Gender, Class, and Opportunity in the Twentieth Century, Glenna Matthews

Silicon Valley, Women, and the California Dream: Gender, Class, and Opportunity in the Twentieth Century

Glenna Matthews
Malcolm HarrisMalcolm Harris

@HZeavin @poulomiqsaha @Latinohistory @lnakamur @fturner @cmcilwain All good ones! Would add Glenna Matthews Silicon Valley, Women, and the California Dream, Ruffin's Uninvited Neighbors, and an old article called Women's Place in the Integrated Circuit by Rachel Grossman

Paperback, 2002

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Stone Face, William Gardner Smith

The Stone Face

William Gardner Smith
Malcolm HarrisMalcolm Harris

This talk between Paul Gilroy and Adam Shatz on William Gardner Smith’s The Stone Face is great https://t.co/HNE63PpUfr

Paperback, 2021

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story, Ben Carson

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

Ben Carson
Malcolm HarrisMalcolm Harris

@vanderhoofy It does occur to me for the first time that Ben Carson was making headlines at Johns Hopkins and about to start writing GIFTED HANDS in '89

Paperback, 1992

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Aesthetics of Resistance, 4: Charles Mingus and the Civil Rights Movement, Mario Dunkel

Aesthetics of Resistance, 4: Charles Mingus and the Civil Rights Movement

Mario Dunkel
Malcolm HarrisMalcolm Harris

When I started Aesthetics of Resistance I was excited to read 20th century historical fiction from a closely shared political perspective and now I'm like Oh no :(

Out of stock

Book Cover for: A Tree Within: Poetry, Octavio Paz

A Tree Within: Poetry

Octavio Paz
Malcolm HarrisMalcolm Harris

I think Octavio Paz is considered like way too corny by actual poetry people but I still like it and it's a fun way to practice Spanish okay

Paperback, 1988

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Cloudmoney: Cash, Cards, Crypto, and the War for Our Wallets, Brett Scott

Cloudmoney: Cash, Cards, Crypto, and the War for Our Wallets

Brett Scott
Malcolm HarrisMalcolm Harris

I wrote about @Suitpossum's new book "Cloudmoney: Cash, Cards, Crypto and the War for our Wallets" which uses some great extended metaphors to describe and explain the money system https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/06/the-war-on-cash.html

Hardcover, 2022

$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Donut King: The Rags to Riches Story of a Poor Immigrant Who Changed the World, Ted Ngoy

The Donut King: The Rags to Riches Story of a Poor Immigrant Who Changed the World

Ted Ngoy
Malcolm HarrisMalcolm Harris

Not to mention the political networks. Ted Ngoy, the donut king featured in the doc Donut King, was also a major in a US-backed army.

Out of stock

Book Cover for: Dance of the Dialectic: Steps in Marx's Method, Bertell Ollman

Dance of the Dialectic: Steps in Marx's Method

Bertell Ollman
Malcolm HarrisMalcolm Harris

Re: dialectics, what it is and why it matters, I love the short first chapter to Bertell Ollman's DANCE OF THE DIALECTIC. Great book in general. https://t.co/h0lAfA6P7i

Paperback, 2003

$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book