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Bongo Explosion: The Rebellious Dimension of Latin Music
Ilan Stavans and Alex Nava discuss the rhythmic, political, and spiritual dimensions of Latin American music.
Around the World
"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
Reading Gandhi Reading
Amit Chaudhuri reviews the new critical edition of Gandhi’s autobiography.
Into the Underworld: On Dominique Kalifa’s “Vice, Crime, and Poverty”
Hadley Suter peers into “Vice, Crime, and Poverty: How the Western Imagination Invented the Underworld” by Dominique Kalifa.
“I Felt Like I Was Drowning”: On Women’s Rights in Taiwan
Jessie Tu on novelist Lin Yi-Han’s “Fang Si-Chi’s First Love Paradise” and Taiwan’s missed #MeToo moment.
What Would Reconstruction Really Mean in Syria?
The Syrian War will eventually end. But the physical damage will last.
Experiments in Postcapitalism: On Dempow Torishima’s “Sisyphean”
Dempow Torishima’s “Sisyphean” is a mosaic novel that combines elements of irrealism, bio-horror, biopunk, fantastika, and techno-absurdity.
Iran Under Pressure, Again: What a 50-Year-Old Persian Classic Tells Us About the Country’s Predicament Today
Joobin Bekhrad finds new geopolitical relevance in Simin Daneshvar’s classic Iranian novel “Savushun,” first published in 1969.
The Children of No-Man’s Land: On Valeria Luiselli’s “Lost Children Archive” and the Problem of Representing the Migrant Story
Jess Cotton takes up Valeria Luiselli’s “Lost Children Archive” and the challenge of representing the migrant experience.
Melville and the Media: A Conversation with Bernhard Siegert, Markus Krajewski, and Harun Maye
Bryan Norton talks to German scholars Bernhard Siegert, Markus Krajewski, and Harun Maye, authors of an ongoing commentary to Herman Melville’s “Moby-Dick.”
May We Live in Interesting Times
Judith Freeman travels to the 58th Venice Biennale, curated by Ralph Rugoff.
Number One with a Bullet: On “A War of Songs: Popular Music and Recent Russia-Ukraine Relations”
Paul Jordan charts the battles of “A War of Songs: Popular Music and Recent Russia-Ukraine Relations.”
Bauhaus100.com: Reflections on a National and Global Celebration
Georg Leidenberger considers the legacy of the Bauhaus school on its centenary.
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