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No More EasyJet: On Bruno Latour’s “Où atterrir?”
In a new text by Bruno Latour, the French theorist discusses the politics of ecological denial and the global-local divide on both sides of the Atlantic.
Around the World
"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
Of Place and Identity: Working-Class Writing in 21st-Century Britain
A collection of working-class essays from Britain breaks down walls and shatters categories.
“Russian Enough for You Here?”: A Review of “Journey Into the Mind’s Eye” by Lesley Blanch
Written in 1968 and reprinted by NYRB Classics, “Journey Into the Mind’s Eye,” Blanch’s hybrid work is startlingly ahead of its time.
Blighted by Empire: What the British Did to India
Omer Aziz indicts the Western amnesia around colonialism.
Messy Human Beings: On “In the Distance with You”
"In the Distance with You" has all the twists and turns of a long-running daytime soap. What ultimately carries it isn’t the plot, but the characters.
Two Ways to See Every Story
Jedidiah Ayres reviews “The Good Son” by You-Jeong Jeong.
Two Mirrors: On Leonid Yuzefovich’s “Horsemen of the Sands”
Yelena Furman rides along with “Horsemen of the Sands” by Leonid Yuzefovich, translated from the Russian by Marian Schwartz.
I Never Got the Knack of Fidelity: On Gabriela Wiener’s “Crónicas”
Lisa Fetchko reviews Gabriela Wiener's "Sexographies."
Putting Islam Out of Use
Arab Spring didn't usher in a new era of Arab democracy, but it did mark the end of traditional conservatism in which instrumentalized Islam was so vital.
Adrift and Unmoored
Nathan Jefferson reviews “Cult X” by Fuminori Nakamura.
Remembering Simone Weil: The Price and the Purpose of Philosophy
Robert Zaretsky considers the legacy of Simone Weil 75 years after her death.
Gendered “Revenge” in Emma Ramadan’s Reworking of Brice Matthieussent’s Meta-Novel
Arshy Azizi thinks Emma Ramadan’s translation of Brice Matthieussent’s “Revenge of the Translator” constitutes a radical act of subversion.
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