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What Do We Owe the Dead?
How international human rights law fails to recognize the rights of the dead.
Writing to Political Prisoners in Russia
Dmitrij’s main crime was photographing bridges in Vladivostok. I decided to write to him.
On Nietzsche Mountain
“They don’t go to Nietzsche to reflect on or question themselves, but to confirm their beliefs.”
The Treachery of Translation
Three novels explore the idea of translators as traitors to themselves.
The Promise of Duolingo
The language-learning app won’t make you fluent, but maybe that’s not the point.
AI Won’t Protect Endangered Languages
Combinations of characters on a screen mean nothing without agency and intention.
Saving Yazidi Song
In the face of genocide, displacement and technology, a new project hopes to preserve an oral storytelling tradition from Iraq’s Kurdistan Region.
Death in Grammar
“Oh, how I admire the capacity of the Spanish language to express uncertainty so precisely!”
Hello To All That
What returning to New York after 12 years in Istanbul taught me about America.
“They Are Liars”
Israel’s attacks in Beirut, and American complicity in them, has confirmed for many Lebanese how little they matter to the United States.
Empire as Province: On Teaching American Studies in Amsterdam
The strategy, counterintuitive though it may seem, is to cultivate an America-fatigue in the classroom.
This Is My Body
A reflection on violence and nourishment in America after experiencing a mass shooting hoax at a Florida mall.
Don’t Take Advice From a Habsburg
Eduard Habsburg, with the help of his royal ancestors, wants to fix your marriage, your soul, and your politics.
“It’s Time to Play Ball, British Style”
A hot dog, a Pimm’s cup and two national anthems: The cultural dissonance of watching America’s pastime in London.
Writing About Erasure
Two recent Uyghur memoirs grapple with how to portray the oppressed minority as more than victims.
