A Secret Letter to the KGB Turned A Lost Family History Into a Novel
Inspired by her grandfather, Sasha Vasilyuk’s "Your Presence Is Mandatory" is about the reverberating consequences made by a Jewish Ukrainian soldier in Stalin's army
Inspired by her grandfather, Sasha Vasilyuk’s "Your Presence Is Mandatory" is about the reverberating consequences made by a Jewish Ukrainian soldier in Stalin's army
The author of "Blackouts" on winking, reading, and growing into a gay literary uncle
Claire Messud’s seventh novel is as profoundly intimate as it is expansive
These authors sought to attack the influence of the sweet toxic fruit, not with machetes like their countrymen, but with the pen
Demystifying the infamous women we’re taught to hate
How to risk failure and do ambitious shit when your ancestors are watching
I wanted a different history, which would have ensured a different future
An excerpt from THE HOLY DAYS OF GREGORIO PASOS by Rodrigo Restrepo Montoya, recommended by Tariq Shah
Gina Apostol’s novel “La Tercera” blurs the line between traitors and heroes to ask hard questions about complicity
“White Lotus,” “Benediction,” and the long legacy of deliciously sinister sexual deviants