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"For a long time now I haven't been I."

— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

In Peru’s Brush with Autocracy, Lessons for the United States
Maria McFarland Sánchez-Moreno shares lessons on autocracy from Peru.
Maria McFarland Sánchez-MorenoJun 7, 2017
- Around the World
- Politics
“Men Without Women”: What Happens When Murakami’s Ordinary Men Grow Older
Sad as the stories in Haruki Murakami’s “Men Without Women” are, they are beautiful and strange, tinged with hope.
Marcy DermanskyMay 29, 2017
- Around the World
- Fiction
Slight Exaggeration: An Interview with Adam Zagajewski
Louise Steinman talks to poet Adam Zagajewski about his new memoir, "Slight Exaggeration."
Louise SteinmanMay 28, 2017
Wine, Olive Oil, and Wisteria: A Sensual Tour of the “City of Lions”
Jacob Mikanowski follows Józef Wittlin through the “City of Lions.”
Jacob MikanowskiMay 27, 2017
- Around the World
- Cultural Studies
“And My Frigidaire is Here!”: Gender and Family Life in Postwar France
John Merriman reviews “From Vichy to the Sexual Revolution” by Sarah Fishman.
John MerrimanMay 26, 2017
How to Make a Stubborn Donkey Move: Advice for Writers Under Dictatorship in the Internet Age
Uzbek author Hamid Ismailov reflects on the challenge of writing under a dictatorship.
Hamid IsmailovMay 20, 2017
- Around the World
- Nonfiction
Lovers and Children: On Marina Tsvetaeva’s “Letter to the Amazon”
Oksana Maksymchuk and Max Rosochinsky consider “Letter to the Amazon” by Marina Tsvetaeva.
Max Rosochinsky, Oksana MaksymchukMay 19, 2017
- Around the World
- Poetry
Democracy’s Dark Side
Benjamin Cunningham reviews Jan-Werner Müller’s “What Is Populism?”
Benjamin CunninghamMay 12, 2017
- Around the World
- Politics
The Lost City of the Monkey God, or Close Enough
Kathleen Sharp talks to Doug Preston about “The Lost City of the Monkey God.”
Kathleen SharpMay 10, 2017
- Around the World
- Nonfiction
One Sentence on Top of Another: On László Krasznahorkai’s “The Last Wolf”
Isaac Nowell wades into the “slow lava-flow” of “The Last Wolf” by László Krasznahorkai.
Isaac NowellMay 9, 2017
- Around the World
- Fiction
Love in the Time of Lotus
Lijia Zhang’s novel “Lotus” describes the life of a prostitute in China.
Sarah MellorsMay 7, 2017
- Around the World
- Fiction
Consider the Crocodile: Qiu Miaojin’s Lesbian Bestiary
Ari Larissa Heinrich explores the political moment and enduring legacy of Qiu Miaojin’s “Notes of a Crocodile.”
Ari Larissa HeinrichMay 7, 2017