Very much against the grain of most standard leftist work, “Daughter of Earth” remains unsettled and unsettling throughout.

Gustavus Stadler
Gustavus Stadler is the author of Woody Guthrie: An Intimate Life (Beacon Press, 2020) and Troubling Minds (University of Minnesota Press, 2006). His writing has appeared in Al Jazeera, Social Text, and many other venues. He is a professor of English at Haverford College.
A Communism of Feelings
What role should emotions play in leftist political movements?