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That Factual Feeling: Voices of “The Good Immigrant”
The pieces in "The Good Immigrant" knit together experiences that, though sometimes at odds with one another, complicate notions of immigrant life.
Around the World
"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
Whatever You Say … Say Nothing: An Interview with Patrick Radden Keefe
Benedict Cosgrove interviews Patrick Radden Keefe, author of “Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland.”
Lessons for the West from the Argentine South: On María Sonia Cristoff’s “False Calm”
Sean McCoy roams through “False Calm” by María Sonia Cristoff, translated from the Spanish by Katherine Silver.
I Have the Best Words: On Bérengère Viennot’s “La Langue de Trump”
Robert Zaretsky reviews “La Langue de Trump” by Bérengère Viennot, the French translator of Donald Trump’s speeches.
The Persisting Relevance of Walter Rodney’s “How Europe Underdeveloped Africa”
Walter Rodney’s "How Europe Underdeveloped Africa" still reads cogently after almost 50 years.
The Chance for Transformation: On Giorgio van Straten’s “In Search of Lost Books”
Dalia Sofer explores “In Search of Lost Books: The Forgotten Stories of Eight Mythical Volumes” by Giorgio van Straten.
A Knack for Embracing Impermanence: On Pico Iyer’s “Autumn Light”
A new memoir about coming to terms with aging and death.
A Reluctant Bricolage of the Sublime and the Popular: Eliyahu Fatal’s “Broken Cisterns”
Ben Ratskoff reviews Iraqi-Jewish artist Eliyahu Fatal’s 2018 exhibition in Los Angeles.
Transgressive Circulation: A Conversation with Johannes Göransson
M. Buna speaks to Johannes Göransson about his “Transgressive Circulation: Essays on Translation.”
When They Blur: A Conversation with Namwali Serpell, Author of “The Old Drift”
Lily Meyer interviews Namwali Serpell about her debut novel, "The Other Drift."
Old Regimes Die Hard
Are there overwhelming contradictions in the French yellow vest movement?
A Breathable Language: Oliverio Girondo and the Poetry of the Americas
Scott Challener reviews “Decals” by Oliverio Girondo.
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