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Young Lives in the New China
Gail Pellett on millennials in China.
Around the World
"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
Only Power Rules: Turkey After the Failed Coup
Nick Ashdown looks back on the failed Turkish coup of July 15 and its aftermath.
Making a Man of the Mad Monk
Douglas Smith’s new biography of “Mad Monk” Rasputin brings him into the human realm.
A Brilliant Mind’s Pauses: The Fiction of Russia’s Greatest Poet
Bob Blaisdell praises the prose of Russia’s greatest poet, Alexander Pushkin.
Interesting Times: Svetlana Alexievich on the Dangers of a Great Idea
Like Trump, Putin was looking for “greatness.” We can learn from Svetlana Alexievich’s account.
Pure Literature: On Herta Müller and Svetlana Alexievich
James Thomas Snyder considers the work of two Nobel laureates from Central and Eastern Europe, Herta Müller and Svetlana Alexievich.
Hong Kong on the Brink
Jeffrey Wasserstrom documents and reflects on the recent protests in Hong Kong.
East of Eden: Vítězslav Nezval and Czech Surrealism
Benjamin Cunningham unearths the story of “The Absolute Gravedigger” by Czech Surrealist poet Vítězslav Nezval.
After the Fall: Women Writers on Post-Revolutionary Egypt
Basma Abdel Aziz and Yasmine El Rashidi explore the “uncharted waters” of post-revolutionary Egypt.
The Shrugged Atlas
Geoff Nicholson on the rise of the alternative travel guide.
When Being Counted Can Lead to Being Protected: Pakistan’s Transgender and Intersex Activists
Kyle Knight argues for the right of Pakistan’s transgender and intersex activists to be counted, and heard.
Dereliction of Duty? The Left and the Syrian Civil War
Why have many left-wing luminaries become Assad apologists?
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