In Other Words

Crime and Punishment

BY KEN MORITSUGU | APRIL 18, 2007

Family Ties

BY MICHA ODENHEIMER | APRIL 18, 2007

What They're Reading: Picking up the Pages in Cambodia

Thirty years after the Khmer Rouge decimated Cambodia's intellectual and educated classes, a literary renaissance is beginning to take hold. FP spoke to novelist Pal Vannarirak, vice president of the Khmer Writers' Association, for her take on the country's return to literature.

APRIL 18, 2007

The French Twist

BY SOPHIE MEUNIER | APRIL 18, 2007

The Dictator's Downfall

BY IDEN WETHERELL | APRIL 18, 2007

The Holland-America Line

BY KATE G. PALMER | FEBRUARY 14, 2007

Latin America's New Label

BY LEÓN KRAUZE | FEBRUARY 14, 2007

What They're Reading: Sweden's North Country Fare

Sweden is famous for its liberal ideas, its efficient social model, and a standard of living that rivals any other. But a rich literary tradition? FP talked with Svante Weyler, former publishing director of one of Sweden’s oldest publishing houses, Norstedts, for his take on the books that enlighten and entertain the Swedes.

FEBRUARY 14, 2007

Bosnia's Magical Realism

BY CAROLIN EMCKE | FEBRUARY 14, 2007

The American in Paris

BY STEVEN ENGLUND | FEBRUARY 14, 2007

Misguided Medicine

BY ADAM KUPER | DECEMBER 27, 2006

Seoul Searching

BY JENNIFER VEALE | DECEMBER 27, 2006

Turning a New Page in South Africa

South Africans have always turned to literature to wrestle with their country's challenges, be it apartheid, violent crime, or the AIDS epidemic. FP recently asked Shaun de Waal, arts and literary critic for Johannesburg's Mail & Guardian newspaper, how a new generation of writers is channeling the past to confront the present.

DECEMBER 27, 2006

Tornado Warning

BY BART JAN SPRUYT | DECEMBER 27, 2006

The Scorpion Woman of Brazil

BY RAUL JUSTE LORES | DECEMBER 27, 2006

A Brand-New Approach

BY JEREMY KAHN | OCTOBER 10, 2006

Pounding the Hammer

BY MASHA LIPMAN | OCTOBER 10, 2006

Santiago's Poetry in Motion

From Isabel Allende to Pablo Neruda, Chile has long been a literary leader in Latin America. FP recently asked Verónica Cortínez, professor of Latin American literature, about the works that are inspiring a new generation of Chilean readers and writers.

INTERVIEW BY BEN FRYER | OCTOBER 10, 2006

The German Getaway

BY JEFFREY GEDMIN | OCTOBER 10, 2006

Escape from Pyongyang

BY JAMES CARD | OCTOBER 10, 2006

Brazil's Man of Action

BY PAULO SOTERO | SEPTEMBER 1, 2006

Who Killed Iraq?

After the invasion, America was supposed to help Iraq become a model democracy. Instead, the arrogance of L. Paul Bremer and his team of naïve neocons only helped Iraq become the world's most dangerous nation. This is how it all went wrong -- before it ever had a chance to go right.

BY RAJIV CHANDRASEKARAN | AUGUST 11, 2006

What They're Reading: Living in the Land of the Book

Despite living in a constant state of war, Israelis have always found time for books. FP spoke with David Ehrlich, owner of Jerusalem's Tmol Shilshom bookstore and cafe, and found, perhaps unsurprisingly, that themes of political and religious identity run deep in Israeli literature.

INTERVIEW BY CHRISTINE Y. CHEN | AUGUST 11, 2006

What's up, Kenya?

BY ALEXANDRA POLIER | AUGUST 8, 2006

New Kid on the Block

BY JAMES G. FORSYTH | AUGUST 8, 2006

The Osama Bin Laden I Know

BY FAWAZ A. GERGES | AUGUST 8, 2006

What They're Reading: What Irish Eyes Are Reading

Few cities in the world enjoy a richer literary history than Dublin. So what are the Irish reading these days? FP spoke with Vincent Cahill of Waterstone's bookstore, and found that the reading list looks much the same as it did half a century ago.

INTERVIEW BY NONNA GORILOVSKAYA | JUNE 9, 2006

Dr. Heshmat Goes to Cairo

BY TAREK MASOUD | JUNE 9, 2006

Poland's Imperfect Revolution

BY ANDREW NAGORSKI | JUNE 9, 2006

Marking German Time

BY R. JAY MAGILL JR. | JUNE 7, 2006