Microscripts
A marvelously handsome young ethicist spoke enlighteningly with the populace, calling on it with ingenious eloquence to turn its back on schnapps once and for all. More
Quiet Chaos
I do spinning. Yolanda’s cellphone starts ringing in the nick of time: it forces her to walk a few steps away from me to answer it, and I can… More
Elias Khoury: White Masks
PrologueThis is no tale. And it may not be of particular interest to readers, as people these days have more important things to do than read stories or listen… More
The Dead Republic
Model Ts prowling the country, men in trenchcoats moving in to kill me. But the Civil War was three decades gone, and it was just a Limerick taxi. I… More
On Elegance While Sleeping
December 4, 18 …At birth, I felt the desire to correct the human tendency to feel fragile and imperfect. I’ve therefore sanctified my life to this sole endeavor. Logic… More
Realms of Possibility: A Conversation with Phillip Gourevitch, Norbert Grstein, and Colum McCann
PHILIP GOUREVITCH: I’ve been struck over time that nonfiction writers are often treated the way photographers were treated by the great art museums and art snobs of the early… More
Raisedon Baya and Chrisopher Mlalazi: The Crocodile of Zambezi
2008“The year of fear”SCENE IA prison. Outside his cell a man can be seen walking about. His name is I. He picks a jerry can, gets some water and… More
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