Spies in the Forest: How Partisans Helped Win the Battle of Kyiv
John Beck on the villagers who were the Ukrainian army’s eyes during the opening weeks of the Russian invasion.
John Beck on the villagers who were the Ukrainian army’s eyes during the opening weeks of the Russian invasion.
John BeckSep 2, 2022
Juan Camilo Velásquez analyzes how Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s “Memoria” constructs the space of Bogotá.
Juan Camilo VelásquezSep 1, 2022
Tom Teicholz reviews Jerry Stahl’s new memoir “Nein, Nein, Nein! One Man’s Tale of Depression, Psychic Torment, and a Bus Tour of the Holocaust.”
Tom TeicholzSep 1, 2022
Sibelan Forrester reviews Judita Šalgo’s novel “The Road to Birobidzhan,” translated by John K. Cox.
Sibelan ForresterAug 29, 2022
Marcus McGee contextualizes Fernanda Melchor’s “Paradais,” translated by Sophie Hughes.
Marcus McGeeAug 28, 2022
Ed Pulford considers Katie Stallard’s “Dancing on Bones” and Joseph W. Esherick’s “Accidental Holy Land.”
Ed PulfordAug 26, 2022
Eric Newman on Édouard Louis's "A Woman’s Battles and Transformations."
Eric NewmanAug 25, 2022
Tara Cheesman reviews Javier Cercas’s “Even the Darkest Night,” translated by Anne McLean, in which the Spanish author introduces readers to...
Tara CheesmanAug 24, 2022
Yangyang Cheng reviews Ruth Rogaski’s “Knowing Manchuria: Environments, the Senses, and Natural Knowledge on an Asian Borderland” and Victor Seow’s...
Yangyang ChengAug 24, 2022
Marcus Hijkoop appreciates Victor Serge’s “Last Times,” a savagely demystifying portrait of France under Nazi occupation.
Marcus HijkoopAug 23, 2022
Lizzy Attree reviews Zimbabwean author NoViolet Bulawayo’s new novel, “Glory.”
Lizzy AttreeAug 22, 2022
Nile Green discovers Ahmed El Shamsy’s “Rediscovering the Islamic Classics: How Editors and Print Culture Transformed an Intellectual Tradition.”
Nile GreenAug 21, 2022
Jalondra Davis discovers that in Monique Roffey’s “The Mermaid of Black Conch,” fishermen sing, women scheme, and mermaids shed their tails for...
Jalondra A. DavisAug 20, 2022
Alexander Sorenson reviews new translations of the expressionist poetry of Georg Trakl and Georg Heym.
Alexander SorensonAug 20, 2022
Priya Satia approves of Nicholas Mulder’s “The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War.”
Priya SatiaAug 19, 2022
Robyn Jensen reviews Aleksandar Bošković and Ainsley Morse’s English translation of “The Fine Feats of the ‘Five Cockerels’ Gang” by Serbian...
Robyn JensenAug 17, 2022
Novelist Miguel Syjuco on the subversive concept of baduy in Philippine culture.
Miguel SyjucoAug 17, 2022
Robert Chandler addresses the contradictory pulls translators face as they work.
Robert ChandlerAug 15, 2022
Tobie Meyer-Fong reviews Zhuqing Li’s “Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden: Two Sisters Separated by China’s Civil War.”
Tobie Meyer-FongAug 13, 2022
Jared Joseph reviews the first English translation of Else Lasker-Schüler’s major prose works.
Jared JosephAug 12, 2022
Abena Ampofoa Asare on the diasporic wanderings — and singular meeting — of James Baldwin and Chinua Achebe.
Abena Ampofoa AsareAug 10, 2022
Kaya Genç assesses Dimitar Bechev’s indictment of Turkish democracy.
Kaya GençJul 31, 2022
In this photoessay, Elle Kurancid and Fadi Al-Shami compare the current crisis in Ukraine to the last decade of war in Syria.
Elle Kurancid, Fadi Al-ShamiJul 26, 2022
Ukrainian author Yuri Andrukhovych speaks with Kate Tsurkan about his latest novel, “Radio Night.”
Kate TsurkanJul 26, 2022