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Entrepreneur of Desire: Portrait of an Afghan Smuggler
A lonely and dangerous life of gambles and trust.
Around the World
"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
Breathing Life into Language: The Collaborations of Christina MacSweeney
Nathan Scott McNamara talks to translator Christina MacSweeney about her work with Valeria Luiselli, Verónica Gerber Bicecci, and Daniel Saldaña París.
Their Policy Is to Eliminate Us
A Myanmar senator from the Lisu Tribe speaks freely about politics and power.
Un-Reading Clarice Lispector’s “The Chandelier”
Christina Soto van der Plas on the challenges and joys of reading Clarice Lispector's "The Chandelier," recently released by New Directions.
Inheriting a Life
Jung Yun reviews “Rainbirds” by Clarissa Goenawan.
“As in an Obituary”: Ivan Blatný’s Songs of Muteness
Jonelle Mannion on the “linguistic nomadism” of Czech poet Ivan Blatný.
“The Genius to Glue Them Together”: On René Girard and His Ideas
An excerpt from Cynthia L. Haven’s “Evolution of Desire: A Life of René Girard,” which will appear from Michigan State University Press on April 1.
“Women with the Gun”: American Women Journalists and the Women’s Battalion of Death
Angela Shpolberg on Maria Bochkareva and the Women’s Battalion of Death, as seen through the eyes of American women journalists.
Word and Deed: On Lynn Ellen Patyk’s “Written in Blood: Revolutionary Terrorism and Russian Literary Culture, 1861–1881”
Chelsea C. Gibson on “Written in Blood: Revolutionary Terrorism and Russian Literary Culture, 1861–1881” by Lynn Ellen Patyk.
Clown and Metaphysician: On Matei Calinescu’s “The Life and Opinions of Zacharias Lichter”
Thomas Pavel on Matei Calinescu's "The Life and Opinions of Zacharias Lichter," recently rereleased by NYRB Classics.
Where My Dreaming and My Loving Live: Poetry & the Body, Part II: The Body as Idol, Nation, and Revolution
Adeeba Talukder engages with the Poetry Coalition’s 2018 initiative, “Where My Dreaming and My Loving Live: Poetry & the Body.”
Rescued from the Footnotes of History: Lal Bihari Sharma’s “Holi Songs of Demerara”
A rare songbook from British Guiana explores the experience of colonial indenture.
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