Bookshelf: Spring 2026

A Critics’ Roundtable

Our seasonal roundup of reviews of recent books on buildings, landscapes, and cities. This spring our critics take on fascism at home, revolution in Black bookstores, climate change in augmented reality, gentrification as metaphor, and more, including a posthumous book by the historian James C. Scott.

Recent books on fascism at home, revolution in Black bookstores, climate change in augmented reality, gentrification as metaphor, and more.

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Tony's Barber Shop, Los Angeles

Writing the City

Writing the City is a collaboration with the Columbia Journalism School.

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