Letter From Cairo
Because riot police aimed their firearms at protesters’ faces, over 80 Egyptians lost one of their eyes.
December 5th, 2011“Letter From Cuba: The Religious Revival of a Communist State”By Antal Neville
Los Angeles Review of Books
Letter From Oakland
It was decided, a species of what we might call a “postmodern general strike” will come lumbering out of the revolutionary textbook.
November 12th, 2011
Letter from London: Lost in the Supermarket
Searching for a political meaning in the London "shopping riots."
September 4th, 2011
Letter from London: Soot and Ash
Once you begin to look for influences, they seem to be everywhere — in the weather, in politics, in literature and art.
August 22nd, 2011
Letters to the Editors
It is difficult for an author to respond to a review without sounding churlish.
June 18th, 2011
Letter From Trinidad: Beyoncé Is Gold
Like all pop stars of the stature she’s now attained, Beyoncé is less an expresser of herself than a mirror for our fantasies and fears.
May 27th, 2011
Life is Short; Art is Shorter
Every life, properly understood, is compelling.
May 2nd, 2011
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Science & Technology
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Nonfiction
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Literary Fiction
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Percival Everett
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Biography & Autobiography
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Television
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