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

— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

Return I Will to Old Brazil
On the track of Colonel Fawcett and the fabled City of Z.
Kathelin GrayNov 22, 2020
- Around the World
- Nonfiction
Postcards from Confinement
Author portraits in the age of COVID-19.
Alejandro MeterNov 20, 2020
- Around the World
- Art & Architecture
“History Has Many Cunning Passages”: On Jonathan Kaufman’s “The Last Kings of Shanghai”
Qiu Xiaolong reviews “The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China” by Jonathan Kaufman.
Qiu XiaolongNov 20, 2020
Wagging the Dog, Avant-Garde Style: How the Russian Non-Parliamentary Opposition Influenced Putin’s Kremlin
Andrei Rogatchevski delves into “It Will Be Fun and Terrifying: Nationalism and Protest in Post-Soviet Russia,” by Fabrizio Fenghi.
Andrei RogatchevskiNov 18, 2020
“Art Is So Scary”: Yulia Tsvetkova and the Suppression of Dissent in Putin’s Russia
Lillian Avedian examines the campaign of persecution against an outspoken Russian artist and activist.
Lillian AvedianNov 18, 2020
The Machete as Metaphor: On Roberto Lovato’s “Unforgetting”
A new memoir cuts through the density of buried trauma in El Salvador.
Gabriel San RománNov 16, 2020
The Plot and the Argument: Philosophy as a Narrative Affair
The compelling story of four German-language thinkers in the aftermath of World War I.
Costica BradatanNov 15, 2020
Travels in a Vanished City: On Timon Screech’s “Tokyo Before Tokyo” and Amy Stanley’s “Stranger in the Shogun’s City”
Paul Kreitman reviews Timon Screech’s “Tokyo Before Tokyo” and Amy Stanley’s “Stranger in the Shogun’s City.”
Paul KreitmanNov 11, 2020
Cold Scrutiny and Venomous Complicity in Lina Wolff’s “Many People Die Like You”
Brendan Riley reviews the new story collection by Lina Wolff, "Many People Die Like You," translated by Saskia Vogel.
Brendan RileyNov 10, 2020
- Around the World
- Fiction
Myth and the Monozygote: On Edmund White’s “A Saint from Texas” and Tola Rotimi Abraham’s “Black Sunday”
Tanya Bush reviews the twin novels “A Saint from Texas” by Edmund White and “Black Sunday” by Tola Rotimi Abraham.
Tanya BushNov 4, 2020
- Around the World
- Fiction
The Frenzy of Love: On Pauline Delabroy-Allard’s “They Say Sarah”
GD Dess on Pauline Delabroy-Allard’s novel of obsessive, violent, transgressive, mind-altering love.
GD DessNov 4, 2020
- Around the World
- Fiction
Daring Holocaust Education: On Yishai Sarid’s “The Memory Monster” and Jean-Claude Grumberg’s “The Most Precious of Cargoes”
Miranda Cooper reviews Yishai Sarid’s “The Memory Monster” and Jean-Claude Grumberg’s “The Most Precious of Cargoes.”
Miranda CooperNov 3, 2020
- Around the World
- Fiction