Around the World

"For a long time now I haven't been I."

— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

Cultural Diplomacy: An Interview with Christopher Merrill
An interview with the director of the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program.
Loren GlassDec 4, 2017
- Around the World
- Poetry
“Kill the Ámpaya!”: On Latin American Baseball Fiction
Dick Cluster discusses Latin American baseball fiction, which he has translated and anthologized in “Kill the Ámpaya!”
Dick ClusterDec 3, 2017
- Around the World
- Fiction
“Tiny Paragraphs Pulsed in His Veins”: On Johannes Urzidil’s “The Last Bell”
Houman Barekat is struck by “The Last Bell,” a collection of stories by German Bohemian writer Johannes Urzidil.
Houman BarekatDec 2, 2017
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- Fiction
On the Front Lines of Climate Change
Todd Miller’s new book about climate migrancy and border security.
Martha PskowskiDec 2, 2017
“Do You Not Like Me Here?”: On Agnieszka Dale’s “Fox Season: and Other Short Stories” and Immigration Anxiety in Britain
Loree L. Westron reflects on “Fox Season: and Other Short Stories” by Agnieszka Dale.
Loree L. WestronNov 29, 2017
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- Fiction
“Reader, Have You Not Heard?”: On “Writings from the Golden Age of Russian Poetry”
Sibelan Forrester praises “Writings from the Golden Age of Russian Poetry,” a biography-cum-anthology of Konstantin Batyushkov, presented by Peter France.
Sibelan ForresterNov 28, 2017
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- Poetry
Lisbon: Beyond What the Tourist Should See
Casey Walker on Fernando Pessoa, Teolinda Gersão, and the mysteries of Lisbon.
Nov 27, 2017
The Anxiety of Intimacy in Hiromi Kawakami’s “The Nakano Thrift Shop”
M. W. Larson visits Hiromi Kawakami's "The Nakano Thrift Shop."
M. W. LarsonNov 27, 2017
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- Fiction
Pleasure, Pity, Pain: On Petra Hůlová’s “Three Plastic Rooms”
A. M. Bakalar reviews “Three Plastic Rooms” by inventive Czech author Petra Hůlová.
A. M. BakalarNov 21, 2017
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- Fiction
The Ghost of Piglia: A Conversation with Emilio Renzi
Ilan Stavans interviews Emilio Renzi, the alter ego of his late friend, Argentine novelist Ricardo Piglia.
Ilan StavansNov 20, 2017
The Other Side: Radical Women
Annie Buckley views “Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–1985,” an exhibition at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles (September 15–December 31, 2017).
Annie BuckleyNov 20, 2017
A Miserable Miracle: Lucrecia Martel’s “Zama”
Sam George Jackson reviews Lucrecia Martel's "Zama" and the long-overlooked work of Antonio Di Benedetto.
Sam George JacksonNov 19, 2017
- Around the World
- Film

Around the World

"For a long time now I haven't been I."— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

"For a long time now I haven't been I."

— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet