Around the World
"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
Everyone Is Complex: A Conversation with Assaf Gavron of “The Hilltop”
When Greece Appears
"Something Will Happen, You'll See" is for anyone interested in understanding the very human face of Greece's working class.
Islam’s Forgotten Booklovers
Nile Green on the literary, critical, avant-garde, and unorthodox voices that have always been part of Muslim societies.
Madrid Rock City: The Return of AC/DC
AC/DC in Spain.
Anjan Sundaram Meets the World
Writing a book is always a big task. But writing a book about the repression of free speech while still living in that country, Anjan Sundaram knew, would be a monumental one.
Lessons from the Xi Jinping Book Club
Some World Leaders take off their shirts and ride horses in their spare time. Others shoot hoops or play golf. Chairman Xi Jinping reads.
Turkish Contemporary Art 2.0
Kaya Genç interviews contemporary Turkish artist Halil Altındere and writer Süreyyya Evren about "User’s Manual 2.0: Contemporary Art in Turkey 1975–2015."
Then They Came for the Bookseller
The ongoing threats to free expression in Hong Kong, which are again in the headlines, need to be placed in a long-term historical context.
UNHCR Chief: Election of a Bureaucrat
What Can “Bridge of Spies” Reveal to the Chinese About the Limits of Chinese Cinema?
In its battle to win the hearts and minds of the world, the Chinese state is aggressively tapping cinema, Hollywood or Chinese, to do its soft power bidding.
War and Girlhood
“The war in Zagreb began over a pack of cigarettes.”
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