archive from the margins

archive from the margins

A political books newsletter of critical essays and curated recommendations for reading power from the margins

– Jessie Lau, global feminist writer and journalist. A judge for this year’s Orwell Political Writing Prize, her literary reviews have appeared in LA Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement, Jacobin Magazine and more.

letters from the archive

The Women Who Fought Japan’s Empire

The Women Who Fought Japan’s Empire

Two novels bring to life untold histories of women fighting Japanese imperialism

Jessie Lau

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Jul 27, 2026

Political reading in Orwellian times

Political reading in Orwellian times

How judging the Orwell Prize made me fall back in love with political reading

Jessie Lau

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Jun 25, 2026