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Posthumanism for Regular Humans Trapped in an Inhuman World: On “The Human Reimagined”
Aaron Winslow is stimulated by “The Human Reimagined: Posthumanism in Russia,” an “essential volume” edited by Colleen McQuillen and Julia Vaingurt.
Around the World
"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
India Calling
Gary Singh picks up Ravi Agrawal's "India Connected: How the Smartphone is Transforming the World's Largest Democracy."
Doomed to Survive, but Not Live: An Interview with Joumana Haddad
A Lebanese essayist speaks out against the domination of the body.
Inside and Outside the Bubble
In "Drawn to Berlin," every page is a gem. While there may be no answers to the painful questions it poses, the search itself is worth every minute.
Little More Than Pariahs: On David Shrayer-Petrov’s “Doctor Levitin”
Monica Osborne admires “Doctor Levitin,” a novel by David Shrayer-Petrov that diagnoses the plight of Soviet Jewish refuseniks.
A New Year Round Robin from Myanmar 2019
ko ko thett brings us another New Year’s letter from Jet Ni.
Talking About Food as Cultural Resistance with Monserrat Jarquín
How the drinking of pulque resists the rhythms of industrial capitalism.
A Future That Rests with the Fate of the Oppressed: On Rita Indiana’s “Tentacle”
Kristie Soares looks at sex work, race, and political struggle in the Dominican Republic to understand Rita Indiana’s new novel, “Tentacle.”
Emergency Lights Blinking: On Samanta Schweblin’s “Mouthful of Birds”
Nathan Scott McNamara reviews Samanta Schweblin's new collection of short stories, "Mouthful of Birds."
Out of the Picture: On Tony Wood’s “Russia Without Putin: Money, Power and the Myths of the New Cold War”
Richard Lourie appreciates “Russia Without Putin,” an “indispensable book about post-Soviet Russia” by Tony Wood.
Queering the Vote
On how LGBTQ populations in the United States support Democrats in much greater numbers than the liberal party support among their counterparts in Europe.
Israel Versus Israel: On “Catch-67: The Left, the Right, and the Legacy of the Six-Day War”
Israel has a hard time talking to Palestine, but an even worse time talking with itself.
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