Short Takes

Jaywalking, 50 Years Later
Howard A. Rodman looks back on the day, 50 years ago, that he was charged with jaywalking and jailed in the largest mass arrest in US history.
Howard A. RodmanMay 5, 2021
Good man. Hold on…
Maxim OsipovApr 22, 2021
Into Each Other’s Eyes: On Jasmila Žbanić’s “Quo Vadis, Aida?”
Sejla RizvicApr 14, 2021
“Poetry Has to Defend Itself”: A Conversation with Adam Zagajewski
Cynthia L. HavenApr 6, 2021
It Will Always Be Sung
Anna DavtyanMar 25, 2021
A Covert Openness: On Paul Vangelisti’s “Motive and Opportunity”
Art BeckMar 15, 2021
Ethiopia: Where Two World Wars Began — and Where the Third Is Brewing
Elias WondimuMar 11, 2021
Another Look at India’s Books: “Out! Stories from the New Queer India”
Saikat MajumdarMar 9, 2021
Terror Firma: On Lida Yusupova’s “The Scar We Know”
Vanessa PlaceMar 1, 2021
“Model Minority,” Still “Other”
Joey S. KimFeb 26, 2021
Translation and Hallucination
Ilan StavansFeb 23, 2021
A Look Back at the Golden Age of Central Asia
Tamerlane SalykFeb 22, 2021
In the Playhouse (Collection)
Abbie ReeseFeb 20, 2021
“On the Dazzling Borderline”: Oksana Zabuzhko’s “Selected Poems”
Tetyana DzyadevychFeb 10, 2021
Definitely Plural: Some Recent Artists’ Books
Paul VangelistiFeb 4, 2021
Emigrant: Alexander Vertinsky in 1947
David Shrayer-PetrovJan 28, 2021