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Rosie Gillies

Rosie Gillies is the engagement editor at Boston Review. You can read more about her here. 

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Contesting Histories

Part one of our Black History Month reading series.

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Reading Lists

Everyday Philosophy

No dead guys with beards in this reading list, we promise.

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MLK’s Conservative Canonization

An MLK Day reading list on how his radicalism was erased.

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Reading Lists

Haiti, Disaster, and Revolution

Suffering in Haiti is a manmade, not a natural, disaster.

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Understanding Appalachia

What we get wrong about the region.

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Our Most-Loved Essays of 2018

A countdown of the top ten.

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10 Essays You Might Have Missed

Take a second look at some pieces that might have passed you by in 2018.

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Is Citizenship Meaningless?

A reading list on surveillance, security, and citizenship-for-sale.

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Noam Chomsky—Essential Reads

The “father of modern linguistics” turns 90! 

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Amazon’s Empire

Our best writers take on the retail giant.

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Our Favorite Interviews

Susan Sontag. Margaret Atwood. Errol Morris. David Runciman. China Miéville.

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A Veterans Day Reading List

From PTSD to dissenting.

Rosie Gillies, Boston Review

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