Reading Lists

Our weekly themed reading lists present the best of Boston Review’s archive and get emailed to members every Sunday, and sometimes make their way to our website too. Become a member to receive them ahead of the crowd.

Beyond “My Body, My Choice”

With Roe once again under threat, we bring together recent and archival essays to assess what is at stake—and how we might move from reproductive rights to reproductive justice.

Five Years without Cedric Robinson

A collection of our best essays on the distinguished political theorist, racial capitalism, and the Black radical tradition.

Poetry Collection: Belonging

The first in our series of reading lists to celebrate National Poetry Month 2021.

Abolition Isn’t Only About Police

We also need to abolish prisons—as well as put an end to counterterrorism. An abolitionist reading list.

A Very Short History of Freedom and Violence

An anti-imperialism reading list for July 4th.

Food for Thought

Our best essays on food and eating from the past forty-six years! From a food anthropologist’s early love affair with Chinese cuisine to the farmers’ protests in India, the pieces in this list consider food from political, cultural, and economic perspectives.

Archival Essays for Juneteenth

“It is a commonplace to say that slavery ‘dehumanized’ enslaved people, but to do so is misleading, harmful, and worth resisting.”

The BR Summer Book Guide

Your beach reads sorted. Fourteen books we loved—and one to avoid at all costs.

Israel’s War on Palestine

Contrary to Israeli claims of self-defense in response to acts of terrorism, the current crisis reflects decades of brutal Israeli occupation in Gaza and the West Bank.