May 2018
“Bad Words” Illuminates Ilse Aichinger’s Bouts with the German language after the War
Reviewed by Anne Posten
April 2018
In “Moon Brow,” Shahriar Mandanipour Recounts the Iranian Revolution Through the Fragments of Trauma
Reviewed by Damara Atrigol Pratt
Julián Herbert Watches Over His Dying Mother and Casts a Sharp Eye on Mexico in “Tomb Song”
Reviewed by Ángel Gurría-Quintana
March 2018
“My Little Small,” by Ulf Stark and Linda Bondestam, Tells a Sweet Fable with Philosophical Musings
Reviewed by Mary Ann Scheuer
“The Song of Seven,” a Children’s Classic by Tonke Dragt, Considers the Joy and Perils of Fiction
Reviewed by Evan Kleekamp
February 2018
Yoko Tawada’s Dystopian Novel “The Emissary” Delivers a Bitingly Smart Satire of Present-Day Japan
Reviewed by Andrew Hungate
Well-Meaning Plans Give Way to Destructive Obsessions in Andrés Barba’s “The Right Intention”
Reviewed by Jeff Tompkins
January 2018
In Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay’s “Abandon,” a Destitute Woman’s Desire to Write Clashes with Motherhood
Reviewed by Darren Huang
Pastoral Scenes with an Intimation of Apocalypse in “Untimely” Poems and Prints of Bohuslav Reynek
Reviewed by Meghan Forbes
December 2017
“Into English”: A Collection of World Literature That Debunks Age-Old Translation Myths
Reviewed by Kasia Szymanska
The Torn Gaze: Elke Erb’s Poems Take a Close Look at Different Ways of Seeing
Reviewed by Andrew Shields
In “Using Life,” Ahmed Naji Imagined a Riveting Ride across a Dystopian Cairo, Then He Was Arrested
Reviewed by Mary Catherine Ford
November 2017
From Excess to Ascesis: Ryszard Krynicki’s Verses Confront the Perils and Ruins of History
Reviewed by Sean Gasper Bye
October 2017
Beyond the Rice Fields: A Sweeping Look at the History of Slavery and Modernization in Madagascar
Reviewed by Kate Prengel
September 2017
Solid but Yielding: Ursula Andkjær Olsen’s “Third-Millennium Heart”
Reviewed by Allison Grimaldi-Donahue
A Tale of Displacement and Dissolution: Rodrigo Hasbún’s “Affections”
Reviewed by David Varno
July 2017
“Black Moses” by Alain Mabanckou
Reviewed by Emily Lever
June 2017
“A Fortune Foretold” by Agneta Pleijel
Reviewed by Allison Grimaldi-Donahue
“Inheritance from Mother” by Minae Mizumura
Reviewed by Michelle Kyoko Crowson