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The Revolutionary Life of Dr. Alan Berkman
Susan M. Reverby
“In the 1970s, some people drifted into medicine as a career
choice. Others, like Dr. Alan Berkman, saw it as a deep
moral commitment to make medical care available to all,
even if it took a revolution to achieve. I argued with people
like Alan, but never really understood them until I read
Susan Reverby’s powerful and compassionate
biography.”
—Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed
416 pages $30.
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A History of the Public Defender in Twentieth-Century America
Sara Mayeux
“Mayeux reveals core features of American political culture
and political economy across a changing twentieth century.
This is a brilliant book that should be read by everyone
interested in the dimensions of the contemporary American
legal regime.”
—Hendrik Hartog, Princeton University
304 pages $32.UNCONTROLLABLE BLACKNESS
African American Men and Criminality in Jim Crow New York
Douglas J. Flowe
“This impressive, well-written book brings a fresh perspective to the history of
working-class black men, providing intriguing narratives of personal and col-
lective projects of survival in the face of unemployment, racial violence, resi-
dential discrimination, and other challenges associated with urban migration.”
—LaShawn D. Harris, Michigan State University
328 pages $29.95 paperFREE THE LAND
The Republic of New Afrika and the Pursuit of a Black Nation-State
Edward Onaci
“A comprehensive history of the New Afrikan independence movement, estab-
lishing its significance to the Provisional Government of the Republic of New
Afrika, and other New Afrikan formations in the Black Power movement, and
demonstrating their connection to contemporary political activism and the
debates around reparations for descendants of enslaved Africans.”
—Akinyele Umoja, Georgia State University
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Our cryptic maestros say a fond farewell.F
or nearly nine years now, we’ve had the
honor of providing a cryptic crossword
for every issue of The Nation. We’re
only the third to do so in a lineage that
dates back nearly unbroken to 1943—
the oldest and longest-running
cryptic crossword in the United
States, by far. Our illustrious
predecessor Frank W. Lewis
constructed the Nation puzzle
for more than 60 years. We had
been devoted fans of his work
since the 1970s, and we’ve tried
to maintain his tradition of live-
ly wit and wordplay while add-
ing a few wrinkles of our own.But nothing lasts forever, and the next issue will
have the final installment of the Nation cryptic. We’re
grateful to the magazine for giving us this opportunity,
to the readers who chose us as Frank’s successors, and
to the solvers who’ve matched wits with us over the
years. We’re especially thankful for the chance to work
with editors Sandy McCroskey and Judith Long, who
lovingly shepherded each new puzzle into print.
We will continue to construct a weekly cryptic
crossword, under the name “Out of Left Field,” which
will be available to subscribers through the Patreon
website beginning April 2. To
keep our puzzles coming with-
out interruption, sign up now
at patreon .com/ leftfieldcryptics.
For an introduction to cryptic
crosswords, plus links to our
puzzle books, go to our new
website (leftfieldcryptics.com).
JOSHUA KOSMAN AND
HENRI PICCIOTTO1943
2020