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Introducing the 2026-2027 CLiuAnon Syllabus
Keep an eye out this week for the announcement of ’s Emerging Writers Fund. The Fund aims to elevate voices in critical and public discourse by providing editorial guidance and resources. Watch this space here! Applications will close Augus...
Working Class Hero
A Review of Jafar Panahi’s “It Was Just an Accident” (2025)
Beginning this month, I will be publishing monthly film reviews here at CLiuAnon in collaboration with Aimee Walleston, who was my brilliant editor at Ocula. As well as her forthc...
Wizards: a Historical Ethnography of the Auto Shop Floor
Our second guest essay.
Greetings from Paris! Thank you for joining me for my livestream over the weekend. If you missed it, you can find it here.
Chat with Catherine: Palm Springs School for Social Research Livestream
Watch now | A recording from Catherine Liu's live video
Listen: Catherine on Bungacast
My recent appearance on Bungacast with Alex Hochuli and George Hoare
Hello, CLiuAnonners! This month will be a busy one for me as we host our inaugural launch event for the Palm Springs School for Social Research. Register in-person or vir...
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Author of Traumatized: the New Politics of Public Suffering, out with Verso September 29th, 2026.
I’m a gearhead who writes about the automotive industry, a Southern intellectual who writes about the American South, and a father who writes about his son. ASE certified, PhD Berkeley, owner of a 1985 Toyota 4Runner aka the Redneck Convertible
The Palm Springs School for Social Research is an educational initiative dedicated to restoring critical theory as a serious, rigorous, and public intellectual practice.
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