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A Life in Airplane Mode: Pico Iyer’s “Autumn Light”
Madhav Khosla reviews an exquisite memoir of transience and loss.
Around the World
"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
Are Human Rights History?
Human rights were once seen as full of promise. Now they’re seen by many as a troubling neoliberal project.
In Search of the Naples — and Women — of Ferrante’s Novels
A woman goes in search of the real-life setting of a quartet of novels, and faces up to the doubter within.
Cabaret Dancer in Paris
Anna Friedrich tags after a Russian-born cabaret dancer in Paris.
Five Years Gone: What Bowe Bergdahl’s Odyssey Tells Us About the United States’s Endless War in Afghanistan
Nicholas Utzig reviews "American Cipher: Bowe Bergdahl and the U.S. Tragedy in Afghanistan" by Matt Farwell and Michael Ames.
Walking Out: An Interview with Michael Ames
Scott Burton talks to reporter Michael Ames about Bowe Bergdahl and his new book, “American Cipher,” co-written with Matt Farwell.
The Beautiful and Brutal in Josip Novakovich’s “Honey in the Carcase”
Courtney Angela Brkic finds the beautiful and the brutal in Josip Novakovich’s story collection “Honey in the Carcase.”
The Catalan Paradox, Part IV: A Conversation with Chad Post
A series of conversations on the state of Catalan literature. For this installment, Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi talks to Chad Post.
“Home Is Rooted in a Sense of Plurality”: An Interview with Andrew Lam
Quynh Vo interviews Vietnamese-American author Andrew Lam.
My Sarajevo
Poet, novelist, and short story writer Faruk Šehić reflects on his Sarajevo.
The Darker Side of the City of Light: An Interview with Cara Black
Naomi Hirahara talks to writer Cara Black about her Aimée Leduc series.
Another Heart of the Matter: An Interview with Nii Ayikwei Parkes
Tom Zoellner talks to British-Ghanaian writer Nii Ayikwei Parkes about his new novel, "Tail of the Blue Bird."
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