A Moral Guide: On Amos Oz’s “Dear Zealots: Letters from a Divided Land”
Seth Greenland responds to “Dear Zealots,” a call for peace by the late Israeli novelist Amos Oz....
Flamenco’s Afro-Andalusian Roots: The Music of Raúl Rodríguez
A great flamenco artist explores the Afro-Caribbean roots of his art....
From City of Blight to City of Light
Robert Zaretsky looks at the illuminating “City of Light: The Making of Modern Paris” by Rupert Christiansen....
No Grand Conclusions: An Interview with Madhuri Vijay
A new novel brings a character to the brink of personal disaster in Kashmir....
Not a “No Comment” Person: On Lindsey Hilsum’s “In Extremis: The Life and Death of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin”
Stephanie Sy-Quia reviews “In Extremis: The Life and Death of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin” by Lindsey Hilsum....
Axis or Allies? World War II and Latin America
Mary Jo McConahay’s “The Tango War” has the heft of comprehensive history and the drama of a spy novel....
A Layover in Greenlandic Fiction Via Niviaq Korneliussen’s “Last Night in Nuuk”
Katharine Coldiron explores the Greenland of Niviaq Korneliussen’s “Last Night in Nuuk” and finds the writing immature but promising....
Stuck with Them: An Interview with Oyinkan Braithwaite
Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ interviews Oyinkan Braithwaite about her new novel, “My Sister, The Serial Killer.”...
“Two Catalonias”’s Pact of Forgetting
“Two Catalonias” makes no mention of the Spanish Civil War, an elision that is representative of Spain’s refusal to contend with the war’s lasting effects....
Identity Across the Diaspora: A Conversation with Wayétu Moore
A Liberian-American novelist discusses pan-Africanism and the power of black bodies....
Housekeeping’s Patron Saint
"Roma" is a movie made to appease the ruling class: fawning in its praise of power, it dead-ends at an image that literally deifies servitude....
Restoring a Wartime Master: On Irene Guenther’s “Postcards from the Trenches”
Ann Murray looks at “Postcards from the Trenches: A German Soldier’s Testimony of the Great War” by Irene Guenther....
