G.S. Hans
G S Hans is a clinical professor of law at Cornell Law School, where he directs the Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Clinic.

Sardonic Restraint
In this newsletter, G.S. Hans looks at Adrian Tomine’s Shortcomings, the California Book Club’s August selection, in light of contemporary conversations about Asian American identity.
Aug 12, 2025

Singular View
Vauhini Vara’s experimental essay collection, Searches, probes a personal history with technology and creativity in the age of artificial intelligence.
Apr 14, 2025

Longing for Convention
Tobias Wolff’s classic memoir This Boy’s Life tells of the author’s boyhood in the 1950s, during which he hoped to live within a post–World War II fantasy of a middle-class family.
Oct 3, 2024