Book Review
Chipping Away at the Facade of Mount Rushmore
In “Biography of a Mountain,” author Matthew Davis deftly weaves together interviews and stories that reveal so much more than a linear narrative of the monument’s history.
Irvin is a Brooklyn-based writer and professor from New Orleans. His book “In Open Contempt: Confronting White Supremacy in Art and Public Space” was longlisted for the 2026 PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction.