john livesey

PhD on James Baldwin at @UCL / words in @jacobin, @LWLies, @AAH_Journal
currently: resident artist at @artsdepot

[Jacobin @jacobin]

With The End of Eddy, Édouard Louis emerged as a fierce chronicler of working-class suffering.

But his later books increasingly adopt the perspective of the French middle class he critiques, observing poverty from the outside: https://t.co/9K4LPQgh6T

[john livesey @jglivs]

some thoughts on Edouard Louis' increasingly dubious project, for @jacobin ✍️

[Jacobin @jacobin]

For over a decade, Édouard Louis has been one of France’s most perceptive writers on his country’s working class.

But as he has drifted away from this milieu, he has swapped clear-eyed analysis for cliché-ridden romanticization of the suffering poor. https://t.co/Y02QWoPncK

[Jonathan Shainin @jonathanshainin]

New @equatormag – an interview with senior Vatican adviser @antoniospadaro on the political and philosophical significance of Pope Leo’s encyclical on AI

[john livesey @jglivs]

my words on @AntonJaegermm's new book, now available from @VersoBooks ✍️

[Jacobin @jacobin]

The defining feature of the last decade was that everything, from food to music, was politicized. All the while, our capacity to act collectively only grew weaker. Anton Jäger’s “Hyperpolitics” sets out to explain why. https://t.co/hUI1f9oQJw

[Richard Brody @tnyfrontrow]

In memory and honor of Frederick Wiseman, who took hold of a still-young format and, guided from the start by an unyielding sense of principle, made a body of work so original, idea-rich, and unified that it seems foreordained—a historic fusion of investigation and the inner life

[john livesey @jglivs]

https://t.co/rlN9aPrFYZ

[♡ @taesdawn26]

one of the most heartbreaking scenes of all time

[john livesey @jglivs]

For @JBReview, I interviewed Jack Hazan about 'Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris' (1970)

Delighted to be featured in my favourite journal 🙇

[Manchester University Press @ManchesterUP]

The #JamesBaldwin Review (JBR) is an annual journal, bringing together work on the life, writings, and legacy of James Baldwin

Volume 11 is now available to buy as a paperback https://t.co/T9O2z6O3yr

Find out more about our brand new series #ThinkingWithJamesBaldwin https://t.co/3yMriGF7Xs

@JBRJournal @misbehavingmonk

[john livesey @jglivs]

excited and grateful to be a resident artist with @artsdepot for the next 12 months 💙

[Theatre Weekly @theatre_weekly]

North Finchley’s artsdepot has revealed the nine artists and companies selected for its 10th annual Artist Residency Programme @artsdepot

https://t.co/TlEK3hAFZT

[Zadig @piebyfour]

"I’m not anti-Semitic at all, but I am anti-Zionist. I don’t believe they have the right, after 3,000 years, to reclaim the land with western bombs and guns on biblical injunction.”

- James Baldwin

[john livesey @jglivs]

@zoeguttenplan 🫶🫶🫶

[Jacobin @jacobin]

As social media distills James Baldwin’s prose into soundbites, a new biography restores the politics and nuance behind his often misunderstood writing. https://t.co/Bim5x94zQ8

[john livesey @jglivs]

my words on a new Baldwin biog in @jacobin magazine 💫

thanks to the other JB, @BaptisteOduor for his insight and patience

[Jacobin @jacobin]

James Baldwin shaped a generation of American writers, many of whom later dismissed his humanistic outlook as naive.

Today he is once again celebrated, but a new biography shows that his life was more complex than his viral fame suggests. https://t.co/v5r7hbRswa

[john livesey @jglivs]

Had the pleasure of speaking to Anthony Passeron about his memoir, Les Enfants Dormis, for the @OxReviewofBooks 💙
https://t.co/eYtI9QeXKN

[john livesey @jglivs]

kinda honored to be included in @lyngardner’s picks for @tendingplay 💙

[Stagedoor @StagedoorLDN]

✍️Check out Lyn's Picks by Lyn Gardner.

▪️Giant at the Harold Pinter Theatre
▪️Ben and Imo at the @OrangeTreeThtr
▪️Romeo and Juliet at @The_Globe
▪️Born With Teeth, coming to the Wyndham's Theatre

👉https://t.co/hS7BS6ecgd

[chunguskitten @chunguskitten]

Pope Francis holds a video call with Holy Family Church in Gaza

[Hassan Abdulrazzak @abdulrazzak]

Go and see @tendingplay now being performed at @RiversideLondon. A smart, tender, honest, moving tribute to nurses, based on interviews conducted with them. The performances are outstanding. On till 4th May. #hammersmith @hammersmithandy

[rachel zegler (she/her/hers) @rachelzegler]

and always remember, free palestine.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

Why is there always money to bomb people, but never any money to feed, house or care for people?

[john livesey @jglivs]

more words in @NewFormations_ ....on two fantastic publications: @misbehavingmonk and @JBRJournal ✨
https://t.co/GsfTl0Yv0k