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Brand America: 100 Years of PENs
Esther Allen reports on the state of PEN America.
Around the World
"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
Going Coastal: On Some Recent Books About the Ecology and History of Beaches
Daniela Blei explores the paradoxes constituted by “the beach” — an allegedly natural place of leisure and fun since the Industrial Revolution, and now the site of our species’ myopia.
A Third Space: On Karen Cheung’s “The Impossible City”
Jimin Kang reviews Karen Cheung’s “The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir.”
iPhone TV: A Conversation with Kim Jee-woon
Michael Szalay asks Kim Jee-woon about his new Apple TV+ series, “Dr. Brain.”
Possibly Related Characters: On Li Zi Shu’s “The Age of Goodbyes”
Jenny Wu reviews Li Zi Shu’s “The Age of Goodbyes,” translated by YZ Chin.
A Day in Radomsko
A report on Louise Steinman’s book launch in Poland and the larger project of Polish-Jewish reconciliation.
A Clamor of Beings: Two New Translations of Felix Salten’s “Bambi”
Maddie Crum reviews two new editions of Felix Salten’s classic novel “Bambi.”
The Divorce of Women’s Hands: On Johanne Lykke Holm’s “Strega”
Hannah Kofman reviews Saskia Vogel’s translation of Johanne Lykke Holm’s “Strega.”
An Underground History of Republican France: On Gérard de Nerval’s “The Illuminated”
Allan Graubard reviews a new English translation, by Peter Valente, of Gérard de Nerval’s “The Illuminated; or, The Precursors of Socialism: Tales and Portraits.”
Literature and Indigeneity: Amazigh Activists’ Construction of an Emerging Literary Field
Brahim El Guabli analyzes the postcolonial emergence of Amazigh literature.
Literature Versus Content: On Dubravka Ugrešić’s “Thank You for Not Reading”
Eric Vanderwall reviews the reissue of Dubravka Ugrešić 2003 book “Thank You for Not Reading: Essays on Literary Trivia,” translated by Celia Hawkesworth and Damion Searles.
Sing On in the Face of Horror: On Liliana Corobca’s “The Censor’s Notebook”
Cory Oldweiler reviews Moldovan author Liliana Corobca’s novel “The Censor’s Notebook,” translated by Monica Cure.
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