Language for a New Landscape
Saikat Majumdar ponders whether the American creative writing model truly fits the needs of Indian students.
Saikat Majumdar ponders whether the American creative writing model truly fits the needs of Indian students.
Saikat MajumdarJul 12, 2022
Akshya Saxena tells us why English in India is A Good Thing to Have.
Akshya SaxenaJul 10, 2022
Aditya Narayan Sharma considers the legacy and growing global reach of Malayalam literature.
Aditya Narayan SharmaJul 8, 2022
Helen Mackreath talks with Egyptian author and activist Yasmin El-Rifae about her new book, “Radius: A Story of Feminist Revolution.”
Helen MackreathJun 23, 2022
What happens when a prize piece of land in Istanbul is also connected to the Armenian community?
Naomi CohenJun 18, 2022
A gathering of 23 public lectures by the Nobel Prize–winning Chinese storyteller.
Astrid Møller-OlsenMay 31, 2022
The first English translation of the spare, lyrical work of a major Croatian poet.
Cory OldweilerMay 6, 2022
The fall of the Berlin Wall opened up a space of possibility for German musical culture.
Benjamin ShullApr 27, 2022
Erika Monahan on what she saw at a help station in Germany.
Erika MonahanApr 20, 2022
The first collection of poetry by Jan Zábrana in English translation is a lyrical palimpsest of texts and voices.
Justin QuinnApr 19, 2022
Anne Henochowicz looks at two recently translated books by Wang Yin and Yu Xiuhua.
Anne HenochowiczApr 13, 2022
Farah Abdessamad poignantly details the Tonle Sap Lake’s slow death in her review of Abby Seiff’s book on the subject.
Farah AbdessamadApr 10, 2022
An American author’s memoir of his six decades in Japan and his love affair with Tokyo.
Colin MarshallMar 28, 2022
Dubravka Ugrešić follows humanity’s gaze toward Oz, in an essay translated by Ellen Elias-Bursać.
Dubravka UgrešićMar 27, 2022
The author discusses her newly translated book, “Mud Sweeter than Honey: Voices of Communist Albania.”
Nina HerzogMar 19, 2022
Martin Laflamme on the first-ever publication of the entire Lo Archive, a collection of photographs which captures the glory of the Buddhist caves of...
Martin LaflammeMar 18, 2022
Don Franzen interviews Mark Ellis about the legal implications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Don FranzenMar 16, 2022
The Catalan author discusses her newly translated collection of stories, “Wilder Winds.”
Liam BishopMar 16, 2022
Anatol Klass reviews two books about China's diplomacy.
Anatol KlassFeb 23, 2022
Stephanie Wong contemplates the realities of migrant labor in China, alongside the aestheticized content of rural lifestyle vlogger Li Ziqi.
Stephanie WongFeb 7, 2022
The Trinidadian author on the ambivalent legacy of V. S. Naipaul and the challenge of depicting a queer Caribbean.
Stephen NarainFeb 4, 2022
A great Turkish cult novel of the early ’70s is available in English translation (sort of).
Helen MackreathJan 23, 2022
A vibrant young cohort of experimental writers is transforming Armenian literature.
Christopher AtamianJan 20, 2022
Ainsley Morse and Michael M. Weinstein dive into “Air Raid,” a collection of poems by Polina Barskova, translated from the Russian by Valzhyna Mort.
Ainsley Morse, Michael M. WeinsteinJan 17, 2022