August 6, 2014
James Baldwin often journeyed to Turkey to escape the pressures of 1960's America, where his status as both black and gay, in combination...
Poetry
May 4, 2014
Editor's Introduction Marcel Proust writes of being in his bedroom and hearing what seems to be a riot in the street outside. Then, his...
Art
April 1, 2014
My interest in the intersection between art and war developed out of a personal experience, which continued to shape and inform my academic...
retrospectives
September 26, 2013
Today marks the eighth anniversary of the passing of Edward Said. It is an anniversary that continues to fill me with a deep sense of...
retrospectives
September 26, 2013
retrospectives
retrospectives
September 26, 2013
As a word and concept, "terrorism" has acquired an extraordinary status in American public discourse. It has displaced Communism as public...
Art
September 3, 2013
Few cosmopolitan amblers will deny the desire to magically pass through one of the innumerable doorways that interrupt the smooth facade of...
retrospectives
June 1, 2013
A couple of years ago, I interviewed Fatma El-Mehdi , an activist for the Western Sahara independence movement in its long struggle to...