Literature

A bubble gum of a book.

War is universally a hellish experience. The more reminders we have of its debasing influence, the more, hopefully, we will be swayed to avoid its downward spiral.

Rather than dazzling, Lahiri's 'The Namesake' merely flickers.

Notes on the Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture

What are you afraid of these days?

On Wafaa Bilal's interactive performance piece "Domestic Tension" (a.k.a. Shoot an Iraqi)

A wonderful night of literary voices from around the world.

An introduction to the French literary theorist