It has been a year since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, leaving a trail of destruction: ruined infrastructure, destroyed homes, and thousands ...
Tom Winterbottom
Tom Winterbottom last wrote for Public Books about disaster capitalism and the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He was the guest editor of a June 2018 special issue of the Peace Review journal on the theme of disaster capitalism. His first book, A Cultural History of Rio de Janeiro after 1889, came out in 2016. He teaches at Stanford University. 
Rio, Capital of Disaster Capitalism
The Olympic rings loom large over Rio de Janeiro. Seven years after the city won its bid to host the games, the impending two-week extravaganza has swept changes across the Marvelous City, as Rio is ...
The Art of Extraction: An Interview with Jean-Claude Carrière
Acclaimed French screenwriter and novelist Jean-Claude Carrière has had a career spanning more than 50 years and 90 writing credits, including the adapted screenplay for 1979’s The Tin Drum, which ...
All Eyes On Brazil
With the 2014 FIFA World Cup now well under way, and the Olympics coming in 2016, Brazil is assuming its place on the world stage. The current tournament has generated more coverage of the ...