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The Meloni Way
How Italy’s prime minister uses lawsuits and intimidation to reshape the culture.
César Aira’s Magic
How the eccentric Argentine author took over Latin American literature.
Translating “The Case of Cem”
A conversation with Angela Rodel, whose translation of the 1967 novel was excerpted in our Order issue.
The Case of Cem
“I cannot be a witness to what happened after May 5, 1481. They killed me at five o’clock in the evening.”
The Kurdish Ulysses
Kawa Nemir’s translation is an archive of the language, which has been suppressed by Turkey's nationalist politics.
The Frog That Couldn’t Jump
“I felt like questioning my own existence. What are these people? Is this still North Korea?”
The Woman Behind Borges
María Kodama’s fierce loyalty transformed the legacy of Argentina’s most-cherished author.
Lamia Ziadé on How Illustrating Can Elevate Storytelling
A conversation with the Lebanese writer and illustrator, whose work on the 2020 explosion in Beirut was featured in our Shipwrecks issue.
Cleaning Up the Insurrection
The art restorers putting the Brazilian Senate building back together.
Party at Das Literaturhaus
A culture diary through the German literary scene, where markets don’t exist (except where they do), and everything is in crisis (except the books themselves).
“A Complete Reconfiguration of the World”
A conversation between Nobel Prize-winning author Annie Ernaux and filmmaker Céline Sciamma on feminisms past and present.