Unavailable
Unavailable
Unavailable
Ebook222 pages5 hours
Black Box: A Record of the Catastrophe
By PM Press
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
The work of eminent writers—Richard Dyer, Silvia Federici, Ursula K. Le Guin—as well as a host of new thinkers illustrate continuity and rupture in ongoing theoretical and cultural critique
This volume contains an eclectic but accessible collection of reportage, interviews, letters, fragments, and theoretical responses from some of the brightest new—as well as a few established—minds in critical theory. Its authors have sent dispatches from American prison yards, the shipping graveyards of India, fatal overseas drone strikes, roads crisscrossing the Mississippi delta, childhoods in revolutionary Zimbabwe, and kitchens where undocumented workers wash dishes. As the serial disasters of capitalism's current crisis—economic, political, environmental—continue to batter the world, Black Box: A Record of the Catastrophe is a device for recording, analyzing, and transmitting events as they happen. It offers neither dire predictions nor false hopes; instead, it embraces the mystery of what might transpire. Contributors include scholars (Nina Power, Silvia Federici, Sami Khatib, Chris O'Kane, Tanya Erzen), cultural critics (Richard Dyer, Charles Mudede), authors (Ursula K. Le Guin, Miranda Mellis), poets (Emily Abendroth, Cathy Wagner, Alli Warren), and many others.
This volume contains an eclectic but accessible collection of reportage, interviews, letters, fragments, and theoretical responses from some of the brightest new—as well as a few established—minds in critical theory. Its authors have sent dispatches from American prison yards, the shipping graveyards of India, fatal overseas drone strikes, roads crisscrossing the Mississippi delta, childhoods in revolutionary Zimbabwe, and kitchens where undocumented workers wash dishes. As the serial disasters of capitalism's current crisis—economic, political, environmental—continue to batter the world, Black Box: A Record of the Catastrophe is a device for recording, analyzing, and transmitting events as they happen. It offers neither dire predictions nor false hopes; instead, it embraces the mystery of what might transpire. Contributors include scholars (Nina Power, Silvia Federici, Sami Khatib, Chris O'Kane, Tanya Erzen), cultural critics (Richard Dyer, Charles Mudede), authors (Ursula K. Le Guin, Miranda Mellis), poets (Emily Abendroth, Cathy Wagner, Alli Warren), and many others.
Unavailable
Related to Black Box
Related ebooks
About Being a Sherlockian: 60 Essays Celebrating the Sherlock Holmes Community Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPanic Signs Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nuggets of the New Thought: Essays and Inspirations Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsResnick on the Loose Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHalcyon Drift: Hooded Swan, Book 1 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Enterprise and Adventure Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Citizen Soldier: Memoirs Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsElementary Particles Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGhosts Along the Texas Coast Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPoems: New and Old Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBear Bones & Feathers Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBiting the Clouds: A Badtjala perspective on The Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act, 1897 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Great Jones Coop Ten Gigasoul Party (and Other Lost Celebrations) Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Ardath Mayhar MEGAPACK®: 38 Fantastic Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsawâsis – kinky and dishevelled Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGhost Stories and Mysteries Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shorty's Yarns: Western Stories and Poems of Bruce Kiskaddon Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRoller-Skating Notes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsReformed Evangelicalism and the Search for a Usable Past: The Historiography of Arnold Dallimore, Pastor-Historian Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCount Each Breath Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsShe Persisted: One Hundred Monologues from Plays by Women over Forty Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCollected Poems, 1945-1990 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Engineer ReConditioned Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Feather Craft: The Amazing Birds and Feathers Used in Classic Salmon Flies Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Favorite Flies for the Catskills: 50 Essential Patterns from Local Experts Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe 41st Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK®: P. Schuyler Miller (Vol. 1) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Whenabouts of Burr: A Science Fiction Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Club of Queer Trades Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Passion of Frankenstein: A Sequel to Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Olympias; and, The Temple of Glory: Two Plays Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5
Political Ideologies For You
The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A People's History of the United States Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Get Trump: The Threat to Civil Liberties, Due Process, and Our Constitutional Rule of Law Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Great Reset: And the War for the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Capitalism and Freedom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Speechless: Controlling Words, Controlling Minds Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mein Kampf: English Translation of Mein Kamphf - Mein Kampt - Mein Kamphf Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The U.S. Constitution with The Declaration of Independence and The Articles of Confederation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 1]: An Experiment in Literary Investigation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The January 6th Report Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Communist Manifesto: Original Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Gulag Archipelago: The Authorized Abridgement Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ship of Fools: How a Selfish Ruling Class Is Bringing America to the Brink of Revolution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Anarchist Cookbook Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The Great Awakening: Defeating the Globalists and Launching the Next Great Renaissance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unwoke: How to Defeat Cultural Marxism in America Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Disloyal: A Memoir: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Psychology of Totalitarianism Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Final Battle: THE NEXT ELECTION COULD BE THE LAST Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhy We're Polarized Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Black Box
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5
3 ratings8 reviews
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A young adult novel that looks at how dealing with the clinical depression of a young girl affects the entire family, told through the eyes of a younger sister. Some very moving and "true-feeling" scenes, mixed in with some unrealistic (to me) wise-and-articulate dialogue makes for a generally thoughtful and sensitive portrait of what it feels like when you want to help someone and don't know how.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I sometimes keep a book at school on my desk and read it during Silent Sustained Reading during the school day. Sometimes, the book will go home with me and other times it will languish on my desk for a while until I finally finish it. This book is of the latter category; I've had it on my desk for a couple of weeks and have read it every day.The fact that I have not taken this book home to finish is not a commentary on how well I appreciated or enjoyed this book. It's almost like the structure of the book, which is almost like a series of short vignettes than actual chapters, allowed me to read ten or fifteen pages and then set it down for a later reading. It had a bit of a meditative affect on me--I couldn't stop thinking about the characters in it once I got into the book, but didn't want to rush them through the story. I am a fast reader, but sometimes like to slow down the process for a book that requires a more thoughtful reading. This book, for me, is one such read.Black Box is the story of a girl named Elena and her experiences over the course of a few short weeks. The book opens with her beloved older sister, Dora, having survived a suicide attempt. Dora is in treatment for her depression, but Elena is feeling lots of guilt and anger about the situation. Her parents are not absent or abusive, but they are a little lost in exactly what they should do to help their daughters. And, both daughters do need help.Elena turns to a boy she just met, Jimmy, for help. He wears a lot of black and is generally known as a bit of an outcast, but seems to understand what Elena and Dora might be going through. Jimmy tells Elena that his brother tried to commit suicide and has had treatment. Jimmy and Elena forge a tight friendship and a tiny little romance--though this is not at all the focus of the novel.I decided to finish this book today after having listened to a podcast of This American Life last night while doing dishes. One segment in that podcast dealt with a man who had recorded interviews with a friend who had attempted suicide and who still planned to kill himself even after being rescued by emergency workers. This story troubled me deeply; I have know a few people who have committed suicide and I know the pain and devastation that a suicide (attempted or successful) leaves.At the end of this story, the author includes a little afterward, where she says that a friend told her not to publish this book because of the subject matter. While I understand that it is hard to imagine any teen wanting to commit suicide, I know that it happens. I think, as the author points out, that depression can leave those experiencing it and those around a depressed person with feelings of loneliness and absolute desolation. Books can help to bridge that void. Characters can speak to the reader when a relative or a counselor or a friend might fail.This book may not be for every reader, but I am happy to have it on my classroom shelves. I know that it will be of some comfort to a handful of my students who are dealing with their own issues of depression or who are trying to deal with the depression experienced by people they love and care about.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A young adult novel that looks at how dealing with the clinical depression of a young girl affects the entire family, told through the eyes of a younger sister. Some very moving and "true-feeling" scenes, mixed in with some unrealistic (to me) wise-and-articulate dialogue makes for a generally thoughtful and sensitive portrait of what it feels like when you want to help someone and don't know how.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fast read. Good for teens to read. I really liked it
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I will start off this review with one word "WOW". The story of Dora and Elena two sisters who are as close as can be - when the older Dora starts changing - she is sleeping too much, no longer eating and is becoming less and less like herself every day. Eventually, she is diagnosed with a mental illness. This is the story of how mental illness (depression) affects absolutely everyone it touches. Elena finds herself having to deal with the fact that her beloved sister is no longer the person she use to be. Elena is heartbroken and scared. Her parents are arguing all the time and somehow most of their friends are now staying away - far away. It is almost impossible for Elena to deal with it all - as she finds herself going to extremes in order to make everyone "be okay again". This novel (its very, very short at a little under 180 pages) is extremely touching and sad, which is to say that the author takes a very honest and real view at an illness that for some reason still appears to be taboo. I love the title of this book - indeed mental depression certainly makes everyone feel as though they are living in a box - I highly recommend this book to anyone who believes it will never happen to them.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This beautifully written novel explores the effects of having a sibling who suffers from depression. Told from the perspective of the younger sister, this book examines what it's like to have to be the "good" child, to worship someone imperfect, and to have to learn to do the thing that is right. It moved me to tears.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Elena and her sister, Dora, are opposites yet very close, until Dora begins to vanish into deep, psychotic depression. She spends time in a pyschiatric ward that is so bad, she asks Elena to save her. Elena is left to figure out how she can rescue her sister without betraying her confidence. Schumacker creates vivid characters by sharing little moments of intimacy that tell the reader so much about who they are. This is a great story about how depressin impacts a family, and how Elena untangles her own identity from her sister's.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5From the very first pages of this deeply emotional and engaging young adult novel, readers are plunged into the depths of adversity and drama. Elena?s seemingly ordinary life spirals down a steep slope of sadness, uncertainty, and instability when her older sister, Dora, is hospitalized for severe depression. With her family in a state of crisis and her social world collapsing in loneliness and isolation, Elena must shoulder the immense burden?at any cost?to restore normalcy and balance. Schumacher artfully embeds accurate depictions of depression throughout insightful descriptions of the bond of sisterhood, fragility of family life, and teenage tribulations. The short chapters of this relatively quick read (~160 pages)?ranging in length from a few pages to a single striking line?parallel Elena?s jarring environment and tug the reader along with a sense of gripping urgency.