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Radical Rudeness in Uganda
Insulting politicians in graphic terms is an honored part of Ugandan tradition. The president is trying to stamp it out.
Around the World
"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
Loanwords for the Anthropocene: On Matthew Schneider-Mayerson and Brent Ryan Bellamy’s “An Ecotopian Lexicon”
“An Ecotopian Lexicon” presents 30 loanwords that underscore concepts central to the question of humanity in uncertain times.
Living the Dream: On Ludvík Vaculík’s “A Czech Dreambook”
Michael Tate delves into “A Czech Dreambook” by Ludvík Vaculík, translated by Gerald Turner.
An Unnatural History of Destruction: On Iconoclasm as a Tool of War
What happens to a country when its monuments are treated as targets by the enemy?
A Door for You Alone: Reading Kafka’s “The Trial” in Self-Isolation
Robert Zaretsky reads Franz Kafka’s “The Trial” under quarantine.
The Father, the Son, and the Terrible Husband: On Amanda Michalopoulou’s “God’s Wife”
If God were one of us, just as bad of a husband as most of us.
Sade, Too: A New Moment for a Complex Monster
A newly translated work by the Marquis de Sade has much to say about our power-mad, wealth-saturated times.
A Terrible Beauty: On Fernanda Melchor’s “Hurricane Season”
Amanda Dennis weathers “Hurricane Season,” the recently published novel by Fernanda Melchor and translated by Sophie Hughes.
Out of Focus: On Helena Janeczek’s “The Girl with the Leica”
Magdalena Miecznicka looks at Helena Janeczek’s novel “The Girl with the Leica,” translated by Ann Goldstein.
Mermaids from Across the Seven Seas: On “The Penguin Book of Mermaids”
Jeana Jorgensen charts “The Penguin Book of Mermaids,” edited by Cristina Bacchilega and Marie Alohalani Brown.
Preserving the Poetic Dimension: A Conversation with Deborah Dawkin and Erik Skuggevik
Two premier translators on the pleasures and pitfalls of rendering Ibsen into English.
Studies in Silence: On Szilárd Borbély’s “Final Matters: Selected Poems, 2004–2010”
Carla Baricz considers Szilárd Borbély’s “Final Matters,” the haunting final volumes of one of Hungary’s most celebrated poets.
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