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

— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

A Dissident Cartoonist Wades into the United States’s Toxic Relationship With Israel
Antony Loewenstein on Eli Valley's "Diaspora Boy: Comics on Crisis in America and Israel."
Antony LoewensteinSep 10, 2017
The News Upsets Walter: On André Naffis-Sahely’s “The Promised Land: Poems from Itinerant Life”
Declan Ryan appreciates “The Promised Land: Poems from Itinerant Life,” the debut collection by André Naffis-Sahely.
Declan RyanSep 10, 2017
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- Poetry
Against the Devil: The Tormented Life of Czesław Miłosz
Maria Rybakova reflects on the tormented life of Czesław Miłosz, as told in a new biography by Andrzej Franaszek.
Maria RybakovaSep 9, 2017
Girls and Men: On Svetlana Alexievich’s “The Unwomanly Face of War”
Oksana Maksymchuk and Max Rosochinsky consider “The Unwomanly Face of War” by Svetlana Alexievich.
Max Rosochinsky, Oksana MaksymchukSep 8, 2017
The Cosmopolitanism of the Poor
An essay from "Cosmopolitanisms," edited by Bruce Robbins and Paulo Lemos Horta
Magdalena Edwards, Paulo Lemos Horta, Silviano SantiagoSep 6, 2017
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- Politics
Navahrudak’s Native Sons: A Report from the Kushners’ Belarusian Homeland
Linda Kinstler reports from Navahrudak, Belarus, a town with a deep history and a link to the Trump administration.
Linda KinstlerSep 6, 2017
So Many Ways of Knowing: An Interview with Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Author of “Kintu”
Alexia Underwood interviews Ugandan novelist Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi about "Kintu."
Alexia UnderwoodAug 31, 2017
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- Fiction
The Slovak Kafka: On Balla’s “In the Name of the Father”
Charles Sabatos contextualizes the Kafkaesque post-communist novella “In the Name of the Father” by the major Slovak author Balla.
Charles SabatosAug 28, 2017
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- Fiction
Foreign Companion: Jean Giono’s “Melville: A Novel”
Adam Fales reviews Jean Giono’s “Melville: A Novel.”
Adam FalesAug 27, 2017
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- Fiction
Mortifying Miniatures: On Andrés Barba’s “Such Small Hands”
Bécquer Seguín reviews Andrés Barba's recently translated "Such Small Hands."
Bécquer SeguínAug 25, 2017
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- Fiction
Conspiratorial Realism: On Vladimir Sorokin, Victor Pelevin, and Russia’s Post-Postmodern Turn
Maya Vinokour unravels the conspiracies at the centers of the latest novels by Vladimir Sorokin and Victor Pelevin, Russia’s leading postmodernists.
Maya VinokourAug 23, 2017
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- Fiction
A Turkish Woman in the Oedipus Complex: Orhan Pamuk’s “The Red-Haired Woman”
Erdağ Göknar reviews Orhan Pamuk's latest.
Erdağ GöknarAug 22, 2017
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- Fiction