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Pyongyang Torch Song
An American writes of his time in North Korea.
Around the World
"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
Realistic, If Not Real
Ivy Pochoda interviews writer Sebastian Rotella about his new novel, “Rip Crew.”
“A Lovely Grave for Learning”: Exhuming the Dead of Guatemala’s Genocide
A journey into the mass graves of Guatemala.
Labyrinthine Streets
Alex Segura talks to Christine Mangan about her novel “Tangerine.”
“When I Was Alive”: William T. Vollmann’s Climate Letter to the Future
“Vollmann is less interested in how we imagine the future than in how the future imagines us.” Ted Hamilton on William Vollmann's "Carbon Ideologies."
A Literary Lineup for the World Cup
Dan Friedman offers a list of books for those obsessed or perplexed by the World Cup.
The Cow Whisperer
“The Secret Life of Cows” is a collection of anecdotes dedicated to the proposition that cows are individuals and should be treated as such.
Melancholic Mythologies: “Half Gods” and the “Mahabharata”
In “Half Gods,” Akil Kumarasamy renders slow-moving pictures of Sri Lankan grief that unspool over the course of the collection.
The Cost of War: Parts and Labor
Ahmed Saadawi’s novel “Frankenstein in Baghdad” continues to win prizes for good reason: it is one of the best fictional accounts of the Iraq War yet.
“You Ought to Think About Translating This”: A Conversation with Carl Skoggard
Peter Nowogrodzki interviews Carl Skoggard, translator of Sigfried Kracauer’s novel “Georg.”
A Ramble About Books About Walking
Geoff Nicholson strolls through several books on walking.
Observing Terror: A Conversation with Philip Ó Ceallaigh, Translator of “For Two Thousand Years”
Scott Timberg interviews Philip Ó Ceallaigh, who translated “For Two Thousand Years,” a loosely autobiographical work by Romanian Jew Mihail Sebastian.
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