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Sponsored by Bodleian Library Publishing   Ian Johnson Lessons of the Father New biographies of Xi Zhongxun and Hu Yaobang provide insights into the opaque culture of the Chinese Communist Party and the political ascent of Xi’s son, Xi Jinping.     Advertisement   Anahid Nersessian How Can I Help You? The hypocrisies of our social contract are exposed in John Tottenham’s hilarious debut novel about a wage worker in a bookstore.   Randi Weingarten, interviewed by Daniel Drake A Lesson for Democrats “We—not just Democrats who are running for office, but the DNC—should learn from Mamdani’s campaign. Don’t just talk about what we stand for, act on what we stand for.”     Advertisement     Free from the Archives Today is Wole Soyinka’s ninety-first birthday. In the Review’s March 21, 2019, issue, we published a conversation between Soyinka and Henry Louis Gates Jr. in which the two discussed Trump—then still in his first term—racism in America, Nigeria, literature, and more. Wole Soyinka and Henry Louis Gates Jr. ‘There’s One Humanity or There Isn’t’: A Conversation Gates: Is it accurate to say that Donald Trump’s a racist? Soyinka: Oh, yes, I believe so. I know that politicians can say or do anything, but at the same time, I find it totally diabolical that a dangerous weapon like racism can be used to ascend to office. Political racism is divisive. It’s used as a weapon deliberately to set one side against the other. Any head of state, even a minor elected officer, who can make statements about “shithole countries”—and actually name them!—and who says, “But on the other hand, get me the blue-eyed Norwegians. I don’t mind them coming into the country.” [Laughter] How much more racist can you get? How close to the pernicious doctrine of the blue-eyed Aryan ideal of humanity?     Advertisement     Save $168 on an inspired pairing! Get both The New York Review and The Paris Review at one low price. Get the deal Politics   Literature   Arts   Ideas You are receiving this message because you signed up for email newsletters from The New York Review. Update your address or preferences View this newsletter online The New York Review of Books 207 East 32nd Street, New York, NY 10016-6305     Preferences  |  Unsubscribe