Around the World

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

— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

Making Meaning Under the Siege: On Five Leningrad Poets
Piotr Florczyk reflects on a brief new anthology of poetry written during the Siege of Leningrad (1941–1944).
Piotr FlorczykOct 27, 2016
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- Poetry
El Boom and Its Aftershocks in the Global Marketplace
Ilan Stavans traces the rise of Latin American fiction as a global phenomenon.
Ilan StavansOct 25, 2016
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- Fiction
Baptized in Snow: Vladimir Arsenyev and Russian Empire in the Far East
Daniel Elkind appreciates the legacy of Russian explorer and naturalist Vladimir Arsenyev.
Daniel ElkindOct 25, 2016
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- History
Citizen Poet, and Then Some: An Interview with Dmitry Bykov
Sasha Razor interviews the Russian polymath Dmitry Bykov.
Sasha RazorOct 24, 2016
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- Fiction
So Long, Marianne: From the Bare Breast to the Burkini
Robert Zaretsky examines Marianne, the symbol of French Republic, and the debate over the burkini.
Robert ZaretskyOct 20, 2016
Exorcising the Communist Past: Michal Viewegh’s “Bliss Was It In Bohemia”
Andrei Rogatchevski appreciates the cheerfulness of “Bliss Was It In Bohemia” by Michal Viewegh.
Andrei RogatchevskiOct 18, 2016
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- Fiction
Chasing Pasos: On the Trail of Nicaragua’s Lost Modernist
David Shook goes on the trail of Nicaraguan poet Joaquín Pasos.
David ShookOct 11, 2016
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- Poetry
Defying Death in Absurdistan: An Interview with Ivan Klíma
Stephan Delbos interviews the great Czech author and dissident Ivan Klíma.
Stephan DelbosOct 1, 2016
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- Fiction
The Telephone Exchange
Jacqueline Feldman revisits Orwell’s “Homage to Catalonia” while attending a conference in Barcelona.
Jacqueline FeldmanSep 26, 2016
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- Memoir & Essay
Serious Literature: On Hua Hsu’s “A Floating Chinaman”
Min Hyoung Song explores the legacies of Pearl S. Buck and H. T. Tsiang in Hua Hsu's "A Floating Chinaman."
Min Hyoung SongSep 25, 2016
Russian Invasion: On Dan Ackerman’s “The Tetris Effect”
Ian Bogost looks at the history of Tetris in Dan Ackerman's "The Tetris Effect."
Ian BogostSep 25, 2016
How Japan Invented Los Angeles — and Reinvented American Style
Colin Marshall takes the measure of “Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style” by W. David Marx.
Colin MarshallSep 12, 2016

Around the World

"For a long time now I haven't been I."— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

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

— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet