Posted on January 16, 2024
In “The Marilyn Monroe of Santo Domingo,” Dominican performance poet Frank Báez creates an unforgettable trans character who is both highly specific and something of an everywoman. An ambulance driver and a poet, an object of admiration as well as abuse, alternately earthy and fanciful, “Marilyn Monroe” will stick in readers’ memories for a long time.
Posted on December 21, 2023
Posted on December 05, 2023
December 9th is Tanzanian Independence Day, which commemorates the end of British rule in 1961. To mark the occasion, we're revisiting this 2021 blog post on Nobel Prize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah. —Eds.
Posted on November 21, 2023
What, in love, is real? What can lovers count on? A poem from Cuban author Pedro de Jesús first grapples with these questions in a style that is almost prosaic, with a list of everything not real:
Posted on November 08, 2023
Food plays a central role in cultural celebrations around the world, and as we prepare for Thanksgiving feasts here in the US, we're revisiting seven stories that explore the importance of food: in everyday life, in our memories, and in our interpersonal relationships. Read on for steaming bowls of ramen, chewy rice cakes, and juicy hamburgers:
