Mike Broida

America’s Long Game: On Emily Nemens’s “The Cactus League”
Mike Broida gets sent to “The Cactus League,” the debut novel from Emily Nemens.
Mike BroidaMar 26, 2020
- Fiction
- Sports
Reckoning with Colombia’s Bloody, Conspiratorial History in Juan Gabriel Vásquez’s “The Shape of the Ruins”
Mike Broida finds danger in Juan Gabriel Vásquez’s exploration of the conspiracies that shaped Colombia in his new novel, “The Shape of the Ruins.”
Mike BroidaSep 25, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
How James Joyce Shaped Brazil’s New Breakout Film, Araby
Affonso Uchoa's and João Dumans's new film "Araby," shows that the worker's plight crosses time and space from 20th-century Ireland to present-day Brazil.
Mike BroidaAug 14, 2018
Home Is a Hymn: “Sing, Unburied, Sing” by Jesmyn Ward
Jesmyn Ward’s “Sing, Unburied, Sing” reflects the different ways people live through trauma.
Mike BroidaOct 4, 2017
- Fiction
How to Become One: Ruth Gilligan’s “Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan”
Ruth Gilligan’s fourth novel “Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan” explores the conflict of the of Irish-Jewish identity.
Mike BroidaFeb 2, 2017
- Fiction
Slavery and the Weight of the Past
A review of Yaa Gyasi's new novel "Homegoing."
Mike BroidaJun 11, 2016
- Fiction

America’s Long Game: On Emily Nemens’s “The Cactus League”