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

— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

“Madness, Truth, the Entire Choreography”: On Rainald Goetz’s “Rave”
Shane Anderson reviews Rainald Goetz’s “Rave” (1998), recently translated from German to English by Adrian Nathan West.
Shane AndersonDec 4, 2020
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- Fiction
The Hyena’s Laugh: I. U. Tarchetti and the Birth of Italian Gothic
Lawrence Venuti resurrects the fantastic tales of Iginio Ugo Tarchetti.
Lawrence VenutiDec 4, 2020
Downsizing Shinzō Abe
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe built an image of a creative disruptor. He disrupted a lot, but he didn’t create much.
Jeff KingstonDec 2, 2020
The Beheading of Rhodes in Cape Town
Nadia Davids reflects on the sawed-away bust of Cecil Rhodes in light of confrontations with memorials both in Cape Town and across the world.
Nadia DavidsDec 1, 2020
Erudition, Emotion, and the Essay: On Jazmina Barrera’s “On Lighthouses”
Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado reviews "On Lighthouses," the new essay collection by Jazmina Barrera translated by Christina MacSweeney.
Ignacio M. Sánchez PradoNov 30, 2020
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- Memoir & Essay
Closeness and Cruelty: On Tana French’s “The Searcher”
Glenn Harper hunts down “The Searcher,” the latest thriller from Tana French.
Glenn HarperNov 29, 2020
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- Noir
Platonov’s Weeping Cow
Samuel Liu appreciates the Soviet-era author Andrei Platonov, who “deforms language to match the contortion of his emotional need.”
Samuel LiuNov 28, 2020
Much, Much Love: On Etel Adnan and Lynn Marie Kirby’s “Oracular Transmissions”
Sophia Stewart considers the epistolary collaboration of Etel Adnan and Lynn Marie Kirby.
Sophia StewartNov 28, 2020
The Myth of Mestizaje
A celebrated Mexican anthropologist explodes one of his nation’s founding myths.
Ellen Jones, Federico NavarreteNov 27, 2020
What Should I Do with Such a Man?: On “Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture”
A new biography does the seemingly impossible: it casts new light on the much-studied founding father of Haiti.
Adolf AlzupharNov 26, 2020
Abolition from Below: On the Underground Railroad to México
María Esther Hammack reviews “South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War” by Alice L. Baumgartner.
María Esther HammackNov 24, 2020
They Wanted to Bury Us: A Conversation with Andalusia Knoll Soloff
Andalusia Knoll Soloff reflects on the sixth anniversary of the Ayotzinapa forced disappearances.
Annie RosenthalNov 24, 2020

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"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