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Syria’s Kurdish Contradiction
Bill Weinberg on several recent books about Kurdish autonomy movement.
Around the World
"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
Democracy Wasn’t the Panacea for Myanmar
A new book lays bare the tensions still coursing through Myanmar, and lays some of the blame at the door of democracy’s hero, Aung San Suu Kyi.
Down with the English Language!
Colin Marshall looks at books by Minae Mizumura and Aamir R. Mufti that lament the rise of global English.
No Revolution Without the International: An Interview with Dmitry Bykov
Sasha Razor interviews the Russian polymath Dmitry Bykov.
African Science Fiction
A comradely incitement to our own peripheralization.
The Southern Curtain: Kapka Kassabova’s “Border”
Jacob Mikanowski on Kapka Kassabova’s travel memoir “Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe.”
Santiago Gamboa’s Present Age: “Return to the Dark Valley” and the Modern Day
Amir Soleimanpour reviews Santiago Gamboa's "Return to the Dark Valley."
An Interview With Myself, After Reading This Book: “Black Rock White City” by A. S. Patrić
Ben Paynter reviews A. S. Patrić's "Black Rock White City."
A Shattering and a Shame: On Suzy Hansen’s “Notes on a Foreign Country”
Rebecca Barr connects with “Notes on a Foreign Country,” in which Suzy Hansen casts a critical eye on her life as an American in Turkey.
Travel, Memory, Madness: On Wojciech Nowicki’s “Salki”
Agnieszka Dale ponders Polishness and “Salki” by Wojciech Nowicki.
Media and Transparency: An Introduction to Byung-Chul Han in English
Adrian Nathan West surveys the work of Korean-born German cultural theorist Byung-Chul Han, which has been making its way into English since 2015.
“People Like Us”: On Parker Bilal’s Makana Mysteries
Glenn Harper looks at the Makana Mysteries by Parker Bilal.
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