More Poems Left in My Chest: A Portrait of the Poet Laureate of Kurdish Jihad
Mohammed Fatih Mohammed considers the legacy of Khider Kosari, the “poet laureate of Kurdish jihad.”
Around the World
"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
Films Without Borders: An Interview with Christian Petzold
Gregg LaGambina talks to director Christian Petzold about his new film, "Transit."
Resistance Is a State of Mind: On Lynne Olson’s “Madame Fourcade’s Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France’s Largest Spy Network Against Hitler”
Alexander C. Kafka uncovers “Madame Fourcade’s Secret War,” a “tense new page-turner” by Lynne Olson.
The Sense of Passage: On Michael Webb’s “Moving Around: A Lifetime of Wandering”
Ezrha Jean Black considers the potential of “Moving Around: A Lifetime of Wandering” by Michael Webb.
1982: A Factory Odyssey: On Leslie Kaplan’s “Excess — The Factory”
Mikkel Krause Frantzen finds hope in “Excess — The Factory” by Leslie Kaplan, translated from the French by Julie Carr and Jennifer Pap.
We Need to Talk About Europe
Srećko Horvat chooses “hope without optimism” in imagining a future Europe.
Human Organs: On Ernst Kapp’s “Elements of a Philosophy of Technology”
A review of Ernst Kapp's 1877 work, which represents "an important forerunner in theories of media and culture."
In the Borderlands Between Reality and Fantasy: On Chloe Aridjis’s “Sea Monsters”
Chloe Aridjis’s "Sea Monsters" is a surreal, captivating tale about the power of a youthful imagination.
An Electric Encephalogram of a Mind: On Daša Drndić’s “EEG”
Josip Novakovich reviews Daša Drndić's recently published novel "EEG," translated from the Croatian by Celia Hawkesworth.
To Hell and Back: Modernized Myth in Hwang Sok-yong’s “Princess Bari”
Richard M. Cho explores the modernized Korean myth at the heart of Hwang Sok-yong’s “compelling and heartrending” novel “Princess Bari.”
A New Place of Refuge: On Salka Viertel’s “The Kindness of Strangers”
Alex Harvey appreciates “The Kindness of Strangers,” a classic memoir of Hollywood’s émigré bohemia by Salka Viertel.
To Montreux — and Forever More: On Visiting the Nabokovs’ Last Home
On the 120th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Nabokov, Maxim Shrayer recalls his visit to Montreux, where he spoke to Dmitri Nabokov before his death.
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