By John Shannon Memories are wonderful things, if you don’t have to deal with the past. — Before Sunset (2004) …
What We Talk About When We Talk About What’s Gone: My Lost San Pedro
July 2016
Revising Violence
By Jacqueline Feldman Ahmad Kaddour was born in Tartus, Syria in 1964. He spent most of his childhood with his …
Introducing the Hong Kong Review of Books: A Q&A With Aflie Bown
By Susan Blumberg-Kason Earlier this year, two literary scholars, Alfie Bown and Kimberley Clarke, founded the Hong Kong Review of …
The Gwangju Uprising as Remembered by The Vegetarian Author Han Kang and Other Korean Novelists
By Charles Montgomery Previously I discussed William Amos’ The Seed of Joy, which I described as a rare work of …
American Doll
By Laila Azmy I watch my best friend’s little sister strip her Barbie from her hot pink mini-skirt and heels, revealing …
Yannis Ritsos: Fidelity of the Poetic Word
By Steve Light In memory of my father “…let the blood be seen as it mounts, swells, throbs, and …
Behold a Pale Little Pony: Watching the RNC
By Maria Bustillos The Republican National Convention started off with a bang on Monday, when all kinds of chaos and …
Chinese Nationalism and the Colonel’s Chicken
Jeffrey Wasserstrom Whenever a new bout of state-sanctioned nationalist fervor in China makes headlines, I think back to the time …
The Art of the Plain Deal: A Report from the RNC in Cleveland
By Tom Zoellner CLEVELAND — An invisible line split the concrete plaza. On the north side, protestors with a megaphone …
Rimbaud
By Steve Light In memory of Yves Bonnefoy (1923-2016) Poetry never stops Nor the proximities And affections Beneath the African …
