Orientalism from the Other Side: On Zeynep Çelik’s “Europe Knows Nothing about the Orient”
An anthology that bears witness to the emergence and entrenchment of European Orientalism from the perspective of its subjects....
The Tenants of the Old Town
The rebranding of Bucharest’s historic center has enabled the authorities to disavow their responsibility to the city and its people....
“I’ll Be in Another World”: A Rediscovered Interview with Jorge Luis Borges
Charles McNair and Mark Childress present their 1982 interview with Jorge Luis Borges....
Indian Exceptionalism and Its Allies
Arvind Rajagopal looks at “India’s First Dictatorship,” the new book by Christophe Jaffrelot and Pratinav Anil....
Tokyo’s Catastrophe Games
Tokyo’s current Olympics are a weird echo of its post-catastrophic 1964 Games. Except the catastrophe is ongoing....
Room for One’s Own: A Conversation with Yogesh Maitreya
Akanksha Singh speaks with Yogesh Maitreya on his new book “Singing/Thinking Anti-Caste” and the work of his publishing house, Panther’s Paw Publication....
Breaking the Grandma Rule: On Sherry Buchanan’s “On the Ho Chi Minh Trail”
Who can tell the women of Vietnam’s stories?...
The Many Souls of Clarice Lispector’s Translators
THIS PIECE APPEARS IN THE TRENDING ISSUE OF THE LARB QUARTERLY JOURNAL, NO. 30....
Not by the Gun Alone: Biographies of Kim Jong Un and the Puzzling Power of North Korean Leaders
Andre Schmid looks at two recent books that try to unravel Kim Jong Un....
India’s Lockdown of the Mind
Anandi Mishra reviews Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee's essay collection about COVID-19 in India, "The Town Slowly Empties."...
“The Doctor of Cult Urology”: A Conversation with Vladimir Paperny
Sasha Razor interviews bilingual author, designer, architectural historian, culturologist, and video journalist Vladimir Paperny....
On Censorship in Kashmir
India censors Kashmir’s writers and intellectuals, but they continue to chase the truth....
