On the Putin System: How a Dictator Maintains His Power
Grigory Yavlinsky Considers Power and Corruption in Contemporary Russia
Beneath Every Poet, a Criminal Lurks
“Burglar, forger, safe cracker, arch-bigamist, poet, musician and prize fighter.”
Science: The ‘Colorblind’ Approach to Racism Doesn’t Work
You Can't Make Your Kids Nonracist by Pretending Race Doesn't Exist
Crossing
Pajtim Statovci, translated by David Hackston
"When I think about my own death, the moment it happens is always the same. I’m wearing a plain, colored shirt and a matching pair of pants, cut from thin material that’s easy to pull on. It’s early in the morning and I am happy, I feel the same sense of contentment and satisfaction as I do at the first mouthfuls of my favorite meal. There are certain people around me, I don’t know them yet, but one day I will, and I’m in a certain place, lying on my hospital bed in my own room, nobody is dying around me, outside the day is slowly struggling to its feet like a rheumatic old man, I hear certain words from the mouths of my loved ones, a certain touch on my hand, and the kiss on my cheek feels like the home I have built around me like a shrine."
The Republic
Joost de Vries, translated by Jane Hedley-Prôle
"Moments after arriving in Chile I slipped on the aircraft steps, and although my fall was broken by various items of hand luggage and the elderly couple in front of me, I still hit the tarmac with considerable force. I mostly felt embarrassed. A stewardess hurried over and took me to a first-aid post at the terminal, where a young doctor cleaned and bandaged the graze on my upper arm. Sorted. A mere ten minutes later I was in a taxi."
On the Stray Dogs of Mexico City:
a History and a Hymn
Chloe Aridjis Wanders from the Novels of Juan Rulfo to the Beaches of Oaxaca
My Broke, Black, Beautiful Parents
Damon Young on Growing Up with PTBD: Post-Traumatic Brokeness Disorder
5 Books to Help Us Understand
the Present Moment
Douglas Brinkley Considers Totalitarianism, Climate Change, and More
All Families Are Complicated: A Reading List
J.D. Salinger, Jhumpa Lahiri, and More Recommendations From Maura Roosevelt
Brenda Shaughnessy: Imagining Dystopias to Save Us From Them
The Author of The Octopus Museum Talks to Peter Mishler
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