“Groping in the Dark for Answers”: An Interview with Femi Kayode
Oyinkan Braithwaite speaks with Femi Kayode about his upcoming debut “Lightseekers” and the inspiration he drew from Nigeria’s social unrest.
Around the World
"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
Moving Past Vergangenheitsbewältigung
A new novel about the project of personal and national recollection in Germany.
Does Collective Violence Demand Collective Punishment?
Mark Ellis reviews "The Ratline: The Exalted Life and Mysterious Death of a Nazi Fugitive," the new book by Philippe Sands.
The Immensity of Brevity: On Ben Okri’s “Prayer for the Living”
Babi Oloko is enchanted by "Prayer for the Living," the new collection of short stories by Ben Okri.
On Literary Awards, Neustadt and Nobel
A scintillating anthology of speeches by winners of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
In Kafka’s Prague
Kafka transformed his native city into a psychic topography of constant anxiety.
The Quiet Filmmaker: Srikanth Srinivasan’s “Modernism by Other Means” and the Cinema of Amit Dutta
Soham Gadre reviews the first scholarly monograph on filmmaker Amit Dutta, written by Srikanth Srinivasan.
Still Arab
Reflections on the 10th anniversary of the Arab uprisings: language, identity, and the politics of despair.
The Other Condition: Robert Musil on Theater
An immensely valuable collection of the great modernist’s plays and theater writings.
Process of Elimination: On Guido Morselli’s “Dissipatio H.G.”
Jamie Richards wanders through “Dissipatio H.G.” by Guido Morselli, translated from the Italian by Frederika Randall.
The Great White Reunion: On Duncan Bell’s “Dreamworlds of Race”
Could the separation of the Revolutionary War have been patched in the late 19th century? Some powerful men tried.
Endless Constellations: On “Women in Concrete Poetry 1959–1979”
Theadora Walsh reviews “Women in Concrete Poetry 1959–1979,” edited by Alex Balgiu and Mónica de la Torre.
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