“To the extent that we are willing to state the facts as we know them to be, we still live in the actual world.” New at PB, @plotznik considers Hannah Arendt’s “Lying in Politics: Reflections on the Pentagon Papers.”: buff.ly/j1rhwkF

In a new episode of our partner podcast @NovelDialogue, ecocritic Elizabeth Caroyln Miller talks with author Kim Stanley Robinson about the impact of his influential climate novel “Ministry for the Future.” Hosted by @plotznik. buff.ly/sFotYSx

Far-right nationalisms like Hindutva and Zionism were transnational projects from the outset. Tracing this fascist diaspora, Ajantha Subramanian, @LoriAllen72, and @plotznik suggest, helps clarify right-wing nationalism’s function. buff.ly/4dX8jGH

“It was all mixed up with his office, this space where my sad and serious dad did his sad and serious thinking: here’s where I’m going to figure it out, make good for our family.” Charles Yu on childhood and writing stories featuring immigrant families: buff.ly/3LXEHMg

Edited by @plotznik, B-SIDE BOOKS celebrates the great books that time forgot. Contributors include @stevenbiel3, Jonathan Bolton, Kevin Brazil, Adrienne Brown, @accommodatingly, @seetachaganti, Margaret Cohen, @caleb_crain, @PDabashi, Lorraine Daston, Theo Davis, Maud Ellmann