Around the World

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

— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

“The Voice of the Muse Is the Voice of the Language”: On Joseph Brodsky’s “Selected Poems, 1968–1996”
Tyler Dunston gets a handle on the uncompromising Joseph Brodsky by means of his “Selected Poems, 1968–1996.”
Tyler DunstonAug 9, 2020
- Around the World
- Poetry
The World as a Problem Never Fully Solved
The improvised life (and afterlife) of the British art rock group Henry Cow.
Stathis GourgourisAug 9, 2020
Each Moment Bleeding into the Next: On Yoshiharu Tsuge’s “The Swamp”
Nathan Scott McNamara gets bogged down in “The Swamp,” a collection of manga by Yoshiharu Tsuge.
Nathan Scott McNamaraAug 8, 2020
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- Comics
A Darker View of the Renaissance
A new book explores the ugly underside of the Italian Renaissance.
John T. ScottAug 6, 2020
Another Kind of Onward Motion: Death and Other Journeys in Eugene Vodolazkin’s “Solovyov and Larionov”
Muireann Maguire appreciates the death-haunted satire of “Solovyov and Larionov” by Eugene Vodolazkin, translated by Lisa C. Hayden.
Muireann MaguireAug 5, 2020
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- Fiction
In the Belly of the Beast: How the Whale Encapsulates Modern Ecology
Ferris Jabr plumbs the depths of “Fathoms: The World in the Whale,” the new book by Rebecca Giggs.
Ferris JabrAug 5, 2020
English Has Its Own Music: A Conversation with Ottilie Mulzet
Ottilie Mulzet, translator of Szilárd Borbély and László Krasznahorkai, on translation as a way of life.
Chamini KulathungaAug 4, 2020
- Around the World
- Fiction
Too Close to Home: On Yun Ko-eun’s “The Disaster Tourist”
Siel Ju takes a trip with "The Disaster Tourist," the recently released novel by Yun Ko-eun.
Siel JuAug 4, 2020
- Around the World
- Fiction
Enduring Strength: On Anne Applebaum’s “Twilight of Democracy”
Robert Zaretsky finds reasons for hope in “Twilight of Democracy” by Anne Applebaum.
Robert ZaretskyAug 3, 2020
Histories of Violence: The Atmosphere of Violence
Brad Evans speaks with Fatima Bhutto, whose latest novel is “The Runaways.”
Brad EvansAug 3, 2020
“One Thinks Through Fictions”: A Conversation with Carlos Fonseca
A major Latin American novelist discusses the archive undergirding his newly translated novel “Natural History.”
Jessica SequeiraJul 31, 2020
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- Fiction
Enduring Cold War Imperialism: On Vincent Bevins’s “The Jakarta Method”
A review of Vincent Bevins’s reflections on America’s efforts to maintain power during the Cold War.
Leo SchwartzJul 25, 2020

Around the World

"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