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Posts tagged: Verso-Book-Club-Editorial-Letters

  • Terminal Boredom: a Letter from the Editor

    Terminal Boredom: a Letter from the Editor

    "I want to read fiction by writers whose imagination outstrips mine, writers who can pick up on details I won’t see. I want to read stories by people who live larger lives and make grander mistakes. I want a taste of something that’s strange to me. These seven stories, which offer a selection of some of Izumi Suzuki’s best-known science fiction writing, satisfy all those wants of mine." – Cian McCourt, editor

  • Planet on Fire: A Letter from the Editor

    Planet on Fire: A Letter from the Editor

    "Matthew Lawrence and Laurie Laybourn-Langton, both emerging voices within new sustainable economic thinking, build a case for radical change by moving away from an emphasis on endless growth and towards creating a healthy environment for everyone." – John Merrick, editor

  • The Care Crisis: a Letter from the Editor

    The Care Crisis: a Letter from the Editor

    "What resulted from Emma’s five years of hard work is an exceptional book. It documents not only the consequences of a decade of austerity in Britain, but offers a fresh lens through which to understand the rise of neoliberalism and its mode of governance." –Rosie Warren, editor

  • Image from the New York Public Library, from the cover of A Kick in the Belly

    A Kick in the Belly: a Letter from the Editor

    "From this meticulously researched and beautifully written book emerges not only an account of the experiences of enslaved women, but of their stubborn insubordination, their tireless resistance and the crucial role they played in rebellions, small and large."  – Rosie Warren, Verso editor, on the publication of A Kick in the Belly.