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Roots and Routes: A Conversation with Yasser Abdellatif
Farid Farid interviews Egyptian writer Yasser Abdellatif about his recently translated novel, "The Law of Inheritance."
Around the World
"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
WhatsApps with Women #2: Joanna Walsh Talks to Artist and Curator Tamsyn Challenger about Pussy Riot
A conversation with Tamsyn Challenger about "Free The Pussy!," the recent exhibition on Pussy Riot.
Paper Cities and Media Wars: On Lucia Allais’s “Designs of Destruction: The Making of Monuments in the Twentieth Century”
Enrique Ramirez takes a look at Lucia Allais's "Designs of Destruction: The Making of Monuments in the Twentieth Century."
Streams of Consciousness
Alain Mabanckou's "Broken Glass" has a loud and living voice, an almost overwhelmingly singular style masterfully translated by Helen Stevenson.
Who Owns Human Rights?
Abena Ampofoa Asare takes a hard look at the Universal Declaration of Human Rights through the lens of critical race theory.
A Moral Guide: On Amos Oz’s “Dear Zealots: Letters from a Divided Land”
Seth Greenland responds to “Dear Zealots,” a call for peace by the late Israeli novelist Amos Oz.
Flamenco’s Afro-Andalusian Roots: The Music of Raúl Rodríguez
A great flamenco artist explores the Afro-Caribbean roots of his art.
From City of Blight to City of Light
Robert Zaretsky looks at the illuminating “City of Light: The Making of Modern Paris” by Rupert Christiansen.
No Grand Conclusions: An Interview with Madhuri Vijay
A new novel brings a character to the brink of personal disaster in Kashmir.
Not a “No Comment” Person: On Lindsey Hilsum’s “In Extremis: The Life and Death of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin”
Stephanie Sy-Quia reviews “In Extremis: The Life and Death of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin” by Lindsey Hilsum.
Axis or Allies? World War II and Latin America
Mary Jo McConahay’s “The Tango War” has the heft of comprehensive history and the drama of a spy novel.
A Layover in Greenlandic Fiction Via Niviaq Korneliussen’s “Last Night in Nuuk”
Katharine Coldiron explores the Greenland of Niviaq Korneliussen’s “Last Night in Nuuk” and finds the writing immature but promising.
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