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

— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

Unfit for Prison: On Ilya Bernstein’s Edition of Osip Mandelstam’s “Poems”
Leeore Schnairsohn scans Ilya Bernstein’s translations of Osip Mandelstam.
Leeore SchnairsohnJan 11, 2021
- Around the World
- Poetry
Robert Walser’s Lockdown Britain
Reading Robert Walser in Britain under lockdown is to be confronted with a duality.
Sophie AtkinsonJan 11, 2021
“I’m Sure You Understand”: On Pavel Lembersky’s “The Death of Samusis, and Other Stories”
Ian Ross Singleton finds living color in “The Death of Samusis, and Other Stories” by Pavel Lembersky.
Ian Ross SingletonJan 10, 2021
- Around the World
- Fiction
Writing Isn’t a Sacred Activity, It Is an Ordinary Activity: A Conversation with Karl Ove Knausgaard
Bob Blaisdell talks with writer Karl Ove Knausgaard.
Bob BlaisdellJan 8, 2021
Capitalist Naturalism
Fernanda Melchor’s novel “Hurricane Season” invokes the themes of the classic naturalist novel.
Julie A. WardJan 7, 2021
- Around the World
- Fiction
The Soul of Post-Maidan Ukraine: On Andriy Lyubka’s “Carbide” and Oleg Sentsov’s “Life Went on Anyway: Stories”
Kate Tsurkan explores the post-Maidan prose of Andriy Lyubka and Oleg Sentsov.
Kate TsurkanJan 7, 2021
- Around the World
- Fiction
African Literature and Digital Culture
The digital impulses of African creativity have fundamentally altered literary culture.
Bhakti ShringarpureJan 4, 2021
A Storied Path: On Mark Plotkin’s “The Amazon: What Everyone Needs to Know”
Gary Paul Nabhan delights in the stories gathered in conservationist Mark J. Plotkin’s new book.
Gary Paul NabhanJan 3, 2021
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- Science & Technology
A Sprawling Study Tracks the Global State of LGBT People
Michael Nava reviews Mark Gevisser’s “The Pink Line,” a study of LGBTQ struggles for civil rights across the world.
Michael NavaDec 30, 2020
Writing Toward the Inescapable: On Scholastique Mukasonga’s “Igifu”
Martha Cooley reviews the latest Scholastique Mukasonga book to be translated into English, “Igifu.”
Martha CooleyDec 29, 2020
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- Fiction
Treating Epidemics in a Nazi Ghetto
In Theresienstadt, a Nazi ghetto, efficiently managing epidemics was how the Jewish inmates maintained some semblance of a livable society.
Anna Hájková, Michael BeckermanDec 29, 2020
Histories of Violence: Look Closer at the World, There You Will See
Brad Evans speaks with Isaac Cordal, a Spanish Galician artist whose work involves sculpture and photography in the urban environment.
Brad EvansDec 28, 2020