Karim Alrawi looks at trauma and redemption in Rachel Rose’s recent short story collection "The Octopus Has Three Hearts."
Seemingly Irresolvable Traumas: Reading Rachel Rose’s The Octopus Has Three Hearts
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The South Korean Writer Locked Up for Daring to Go North: Hwang Sok-yong’s Memoir The Prisoner
Colin Marshall writes of Hwang Sok-yong's "The Prisoner," a memoir of his captivity in South Korea for traveling north of the 38th Parallel.
What About Lila? English Grad School and Emotional Labor in Netflix’s The Chair
Shannon Draucker explores the subtle but powerful portrayal of graduate student marginalization in Netflix's popular new series "The Chair."
The Water Vanishes: Alexandra Kleeman on Something New Under the Sun
Dashiel Carrera talks with Alexandra Kleeman about the subtleties and peril of the Los Angeles landscape and her recent "Something New Under the Sun."
The Long Goodbye: How Murder on Middle Beach Reimagines True Crime
Ted Clifford reviews the HBO true crime miniseries "Murder on Middle Beach."
Marking the Passage of Growth: A Conversation with Cartoonist Weng Pixin
Nathan Scott McNamara talks with Singaporean cartoonish Weng Pixin about her latest illustrated book "Let's Not Talk Anymore."
Bridging Divides
Annie Buckley reconnects with incarcerated individuals after having remote-only art lessons for 18 months of the pandemic.
55 Voices for Democracy: “We Can Never Be Vigilant Enough” by Colm Tóibín
For the Thomas Mann House series "55 Voices for Democracy," Irish novelist and academic Colm Tóibín analyzes the stability and opportunity of democracy.
Before There Were Korean TV Dramas, There Was Lee Hyeong-pyo’s Under the Sky of Seoul (1961)
Colin Marshall surveys a portrait of an older Seoul in Lee Hyeong-pyo's "Under the Sky of Seoul" (1961).
To Say Nothing About Our Joy: A Conversation with Chris Campanioni
Davon Loeb talks with Chris Campanioni about writing in the face of trauma without centering it and his recent nonfiction book "A and B and also Nothing."
