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Category: Marcus Rediker

  • Motley Crews and the Crucible of Culture: The Art of Frantz Zéphirin

    Historian Marcus Rediker—author of the new book ‘Outlaws of the Atlantic: Sailors, Pirates, and Motley Crews in the Age of Sail—discusses the surreal and evocative paintings of Haitian artist Frantz Zéphirin, whose intricate work combines vodou, politics, and history.

  • Five Books for Fathers (and People Who Have Fathers)

    As Father’s Day approaches, we’ve been thinking of books we’d recommend to our own fathers. Here are five titles that share a deep interest in the world, or that tell the story of fatherhood itself, with all its memories and complexities and sometime revelations. If your father is anything like ours, we’re sure he would…