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Ha Jin on the Transcendent and Universal Power of Artistic Practice

Ha Jin on the Transcendent and Universal Power of Artistic Practice

“In literature I have found a landscape or galaxy that is vaster and more enduring than a country or a state.”

By Ha Jin | July 28, 2025

The Arsenal of Imperialism: How Arbitrary Borders Make Unequal People

The Arsenal of Imperialism: How Arbitrary Borders Make Unequal People

Suchitra Vijayan on the Victims and Survivors of War Crimes

By Suchitra Vijayan | May 20, 2021

The Anticommunist Cuban Exiles Who Struck Terror in Miami

The Anticommunist Cuban Exiles Who Struck Terror in Miami

Magda Montiel Davis Remembers the Terror Years

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The 1951 adaptation of <em>Native Son</em> (starring Richard Wright) is a darkly satiric noir.

The 1951 adaptation of Native Son (starring Richard Wright) is a darkly satiric noir.

By Aaron Robertson | October 5, 2020

Breyten Breytenbach Asks What if Exile Itself Were a Home?

Breyten Breytenbach Asks What if Exile Itself Were a Home?

On the Uncitizens of the the Middle World

By Breyten Breytenbach | April 1, 2020

The Professor Who Smuggled Intellectuals Out of<br> Nazi-Occupied France

The Professor Who Smuggled Intellectuals Out of
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