Spoiler Alert: Reading Ferrante’s New Novel in Italian
Martha Cooley reflects on hearing Elena Ferrante’s new novel in Italian.
Around the World
"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
“Writing Became a Part of My Soul”: A Conversation with Bejan Matur
Anahit Poturyan’s chance encounter with Bejan Matur’s poetry leads to a fascinating conversation.
A Nod to Nostalgia: A Conversation Between Josh Kun and Sarah Abrevaya Stein
Josh Kun and Sarah Abrevaya Stein discuss the ties that bind.
Small Culture, Big Mistakes
Philip Ó Ceallaigh reviews a well-researched and compelling study of intellectual life in 1930s Romania.
How Human Rights Were Defanged from Any Truly Emancipatory Potential
Is “human rights” merely another route toward economic plunder?
The Word as Image: On “How to Read Islamic Calligraphy”
Emily Neumeier reviews "How to Read Islamic Calligraphy," a recent book from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and curator Maryam D. Ekhtiar.
It’s Between Us: Lukas Bärfuss’s Georg Büchner Prize Acceptance Speech
Tess Lewis translates Swiss author Lukas Bärfuss’s Georg Büchner Prize acceptance speech.
The Old in the New: Introducing “How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish”
Ilan Stavans and Josh Lambert introduce their new anthology, “How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish.”
When Darkness Drains Away: On Virginie Despentes’s “Vernon Subutex 1”
Jennifer Croft is swept away by Frank Wynne’s translation of “Vernon Subutex 1,” a novel by Virginie Despentes.
Fleeing the Red Pharaohs: On Emil Draitser’s “Farewell, Mama Odessa”
Oleg Ivanov follows the tragicomic travails of Soviet émigrés in “Farewell, Mama Odessa” by Emil Draitser.
Normality Becomes Madness: Trauma in Contemporary Nordic Speculative Fiction
Katie Smith looks at three recent books to consider how Nordic SF writers grapple with trauma through highly experimental prose.
Hope Is a Complicated Concept: An Interview with Behrouz Boochani
Emanuel Stoakes talks to Behrouz Boochani, the Iranian-Kurdish writer formerly detained at Manus refugee camp who won the Victorian Prize for Literature.
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