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

— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

Kali Meets the Twitterati: On Mithu Sanyal’s “Identitti”
Susan Bernofsky reviews Alta L. Price’s new translation of Mithu Sanyal’s novel “Identitti.”
Susan BernofskyOct 24, 2022
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- Fiction
Racialized Geographies: A Conversation with Susan Gillman
Cherene Sherrard-Johnson talks with Susan Gillman about her new book “American Mediterraneans: A Study in Geography, History, and Race.”
Cherene Sherrard-JohnsonOct 20, 2022
No Home at All?: On Kenneth B. Moss’s “An Unchosen People”
David N. Myers reviews Kenneth B. Moss’s “An Unchosen People: Jewish Political Reckoning in Interwar Poland.”
David N. MyersOct 19, 2022
Petro-Menopause in “Borgen: Power & Glory”
Julia Leyda and Anne Marit Waade explore the link between transitioning away from fossil fuels and menopause in the Danish Netflix series “Borgen: Power & Glory.”
Anne Marit Waade, Julia LeydaOct 18, 2022
The House of Amapiano
Sanya Osha explores the joyous energy of the amapiano music genre in South Africa.
Sanya OshaOct 17, 2022
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- Music
When a Revolution Tells Children’s Stories
Mina Khanlarzadeh reflects on the children’s stories impacted by the 1979 Iranian Revolution
Mina KhanlarzadehOct 15, 2022
Unity in Diversity: On Overcoming the Erasure of Kurdistan and Jina Amini
Activists Ala Riani and Rezan Labady explain the significance of the Iran 2022 protests and the need to spotlight Kurdish identities in the face of cultural erasure.
Ala Riani, Rezan LabadyOct 13, 2022
Russia Has Committed War Crimes in Ukraine
Don Franzen interviews law expert Mark Ellis regarding recent atrocities committed in Ukraine and the subsequent international pursuit of justice.
Mark EllisOct 10, 2022
Comparative Authoritarianism: On Vicente L. Rafael’s “The Sovereign Trickster” and Erin Murphy’s “Burmese Haze”
Rosalie Metro reviews Vicente L. Rafael’s “The Sovereign Trickster: Death and Laughter in the Age of Duterte” and Erin Murphy’s “Burmese Haze: US Policy and Myanmar’s Opening ― and Closing.”
Rosalie MetroOct 5, 2022
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- Politics
A Cartography of Redemption: On Heimito von Doderer’s “The Strudlhof Steps”
Joshua Hren reviews the first English translation of Heimito von Doderer’s “The Strudlhof Steps,” by Vincent Kling.
Joshua HrenSep 29, 2022
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- Fiction
The Storykeeper: A Conversation with Svetlana Alexievich
José Vergara and his students ask Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich about how war has shaped her work, as well as about her writing process and Chornobyl’s legacy.
José VergaraSep 27, 2022
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- Politics
Silver Screen Diplomacy: On Erich Schwartzel’s “Red Carpet” and Karen Ma's “China’s Millennial Digital Generation”
Susan Blumberg-Kason puts into conversation two books about the intertwined US-Chinese film industries, Erich Schwartzel’s “Red Carpet” and Karen Ma’s “China’s Millennial Digital Generation.”
Susan Blumberg-KasonSep 26, 2022

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