Features
Monday, January 24 2011
The Best Non-Fiction of 2010
PopMatters' writers (a margin-friendly, iconoclastic bunch, for the most part) cast their nets far beyond the world of culture-production to capture some of the best non-fiction books published in 2010.
Tuesday, September 7 2010
Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light
Long before there were streetlights, when only the night watchman’s lantern glowed, night travelers who dared defy curfew were forbidden to wear hoods or cloaks, carry weapons, or gather in groups of more than three or four.
Reviews
Tuesday, October 19 2010
'Brilliant' Tells the History of Artificial Light and How It Has Changed Who We Are
While telling the story of the advent and popularization of artificial light, Jane Brox simultaneously tells the story of humankind's cultural evolution into the world we live in today.
