Books
Author Dan Hicks reveals the backstory of ‘contested objects’ in Western museums
March 18, 2021The role of museums in Western culture has been a conversation in art and academia for decades.
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‘Making it’ in America as pure fantasy: Ayad Akhtar’s ‘Homeland Elegies: A Novel’
March 17, 2021The book jacket describes Homeland Elegies as “[p]art family drama, part social essay, part picaresque novel.”
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti, a Veteran For Peace
March 1, 2021Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1919-2021
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Álvaro Cunhal’s prison novel ‘The Six-Pointed Star’—A chat with the translator
February 26, 2021The English translator of the latest Cunhal/Tiago novel shares the background to this epic story of life behind bars in fascist Portugal.
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From former Soviet Kyrgyzstan comes new book on Lenin’s 150th
February 1, 2021Lively, thought-provoking, and informative, its roots are in the ideas of a group of young communists living and working in Kyrgyzstan.
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