Kali Meets the Twitterati: On Mithu Sanyal’s “Identitti”
Susan Bernofsky reviews Alta L. Price’s new translation of Mithu Sanyal’s novel “Identitti.”
Susan Bernofsky reviews Alta L. Price’s new translation of Mithu Sanyal’s novel “Identitti.”
Susan BernofskyOct 24, 2022
Cherene Sherrard-Johnson talks with Susan Gillman about her new book “American Mediterraneans: A Study in Geography, History, and Race.”
Cherene Sherrard-JohnsonOct 20, 2022
David N. Myers reviews Kenneth B. Moss’s “An Unchosen People: Jewish Political Reckoning in Interwar Poland.”
David N. MyersOct 19, 2022
Julia Leyda and Anne Marit Waade explore the link between transitioning away from fossil fuels and menopause in the Danish Netflix series “Borgen...
Anne Marit Waade, Julia LeydaOct 18, 2022
Sanya Osha explores the joyous energy of the amapiano music genre in South Africa.
Sanya OshaOct 17, 2022
Mina Khanlarzadeh reflects on the children’s stories impacted by the 1979 Iranian Revolution
Mina KhanlarzadehOct 15, 2022
Activists Ala Riani and Rezan Labady explain the significance of the Iran 2022 protests and the need to spotlight Kurdish identities in the face of...
Ala Riani, Rezan LabadyOct 13, 2022
Don Franzen interviews law expert Mark Ellis regarding recent atrocities committed in Ukraine and the subsequent international pursuit of justice.
Mark EllisOct 10, 2022
Rosalie Metro reviews Vicente L. Rafael’s “The Sovereign Trickster: Death and Laughter in the Age of Duterte” and Erin Murphy’s “Burmese Haze...
Rosalie MetroOct 5, 2022
Joshua Hren reviews the first English translation of Heimito von Doderer’s “The Strudlhof Steps,” by Vincent Kling.
Joshua HrenSep 29, 2022
José Vergara and his students ask Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich about how war has shaped her work, as well as about her writing process and...
José VergaraSep 27, 2022
Susan Blumberg-Kason puts into conversation two books about the intertwined US-Chinese film industries, Erich Schwartzel’s “Red Carpet” and Karen...
Susan Blumberg-KasonSep 26, 2022
Hilary Lynd reviews South African author C. A. Davids’s latest novel, “How to Be a Revolutionary.”
Hilary LyndSep 25, 2022
Alex Harvey explores the hidden treasures of memory in the work of W. G. Sebald.
Alex HarveySep 21, 2022
Stephanie Sandler sorts through Russian poet Leonid Schwab’s collection “Everburning Pilot,” edited by Alexander Spektor, Anton Tenser, and Sibelan...
Stephanie SandlerSep 21, 2022
Toral Jatin Gajarawala assesses Peter C. Baker’s experimental novel “Planes,” about terrorism and interlinked lives.
Toral Jatin GajarawalaSep 20, 2022
Lily Meyer on the hard work of translators and editors that brings international literature to English-language readers.
Lily MeyerSep 19, 2022
Paul Vangelisti appreciates the poetic voyages in Kyle Harvey’s “Cosmographies” and Dolores Dorantes’s “Copy,” translated by Robin Myers.
Paul VangelistiSep 17, 2022
Raffi Joe Wartanian reviews new books by two Armenian American writers, Shahé Mankerian and Vahe Berberian.
Raffi Joe WartanianSep 16, 2022
Bhakti Shringarpure speaks with Kenyan novelist Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor about the richness of East African writing and history.
Bhakti ShringarpureSep 12, 2022
Afghan author Homeira Qaderi on the sorry fate of literature under the Taliban regime.
Homeira QaderiSep 7, 2022
Cory Oldweiler reviews Hungarian author Gábor Vida’s autofictional novel “Story of a Stammer,” translated by Jozefina Komporaly.
Cory OldweilerSep 7, 2022
Masiyaleti Mbewe on the rich range (and critical neglect) of millennial fiction in Africa.
Masiyaleti MbeweSep 5, 2022
Sana Goyal talks with Dur e Aziz Amna about her debut novel, “American Fever.”
Sana GoyalSep 4, 2022