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Strangers No More
Jason Christian finds “The Kindness of Strangers,” the new travelogue from Tom Lutz.
Around the World
"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
Abandoned: Reconsidering the Literature of South Vietnam
Anthony Morreale reconsiders the literature of South Vietnam.
Settler Colonialism Meets the War on Terror: The Enclosure of China’s Uyghurs
Aidan Forth reviews two new books by Darren Byler, “In the Camps: China’s High-Tech Penal Colony” and “Terror Capitalism: Uyghur Dispossession and Masculinity in a Chinese City.”
“As If I Would Cry”: A Conversation with Ludmilla Petrushevskaya
The formidable Ludmilla Petrushevskaya enchants with her toughness of spirit in this March 2021 interview.
The Shocks in China That Were Heard (and Not Heard) Around the World
Lev Nachman on two books about China in the 1980s: Isabella Weber’s “How China Escaped Shock Therapy” and Jeremy Brown’s “June Fourth.”
Writing from the Periphery and Renewing the Center: An Interview with Valerie Miles
Nathan Scott McNamara interviews editor Valerie Miles about Granta’s list of Best Young Spanish-Language Novelists.
“Nation-Building Is No Mean Task”: A Conversation with Khin Zaw Win
A prominent scholar and dissident speaks out about Myanmar’s military rule.
No Mere Oddity: On Lafcadio Hearn’s “In Ghostly Japan”
Claire Kohda delves into “In Ghostly Japan: Japanese Legends of Ghosts, Yokai, Yurei and Other Oddities” by Lafcadio Hearn.
Breaking Rocks, then Breaking Out: On “Freedomville: The Story of a 21st-Century Slave Revolt”
Sonia Faleiro reviews the new book by Laura T. Murphy, “Freedomville: The Story of a 21st-Century Slave Revolt.”
A Chinese Classic Journeys to the West: Julia Lovell’s Translation of “Monkey King”
Minjie Chen on “Monkey King: Journey to the West” by Wu Cheng’en, translated by Julia Lovell.
A Spectrum of Possibilities: A Conversation with Michael Cooperson on His Translation of al-Ḥarīrī’s “Impostures”
Joe Amendola talks with Michael Cooperson about his translation of al-Ḥarīrī’s “Impostures,” available now from NYU Press.
Letter to the Editor: Pratinav Anil Responds to Arvind Rajagopal
Pratinav Anil and Arvind Rajagopal exchange letters to the editor in response to Rajagopal’s review of Christophe Jaffrelot and Anil’s “India’s First Dictatorship: The Emergency, 1975–77.”
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