The Thief: On the Rediscovery of Luis de Carvajal the Younger’s Memoir
Ilan Stavans narrates the rediscovery of Luis de Carvajal the Younger’s long-lost memoir....
Incentivizing the Cartels: Evan Ratliff’s “The Mastermind”
Antony Loewenstein reviews a new book about the front lines of the war on drugs....
All the World’s a Stage: On Yukio Mishima’s “Star”
Jan Wilm reviews Yukio Mishima's "Star," recently released by New Directions in a translation by Sam Bett....
A Little Private Space: A Conversation with Heike Geissler
Kate Durbin speaks to Heike Geissler, author of the autofictional novel “Seasonal Associate,” translated from German by Katy Derbyshire....
The Quest for B. Cooper
On the trail of a mysterious big-game hunter in colonial-era East Africa....
Writing About Binyavanga Wainaina
On the Kenyan author’s rich — and discomfiting — intellectual legacy....
Torn Like a Veil Before Me: On Elena Chizhova’s “Little Zinnobers”
Yelena Furman studies “Little Zinnobers,” a novel by Elena Chizhova, translated from Russian by Carol Ermakova....
A Jeremiah of “Limping Iambs”: On Boris Slutsky’s Centennial
Marat Grinberg celebrates the centennial of the birth of Boris Slutsky, “arguably the most misunderstood and idiosyncratic of 20th-century poets.”...
Pay Attention: On Carolyn Forché’s “What You Have Heard Is True”
Helen Mackreath considers “What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance” by Carolyn Forché....
Learning to See: María Gainza’s “Optic Nerve”
A newly translated novel from Argentina explores visual art, social class, and the bonds of family....
A Life in Airplane Mode: Pico Iyer’s “Autumn Light”
Madhav Khosla reviews an exquisite memoir of transience and loss....
Are Human Rights History?
Human rights were once seen as full of promise. Now they’re seen by many as a troubling neoliberal project....
