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Autobiography and MemoirMay 6, 2014
My Memories of Gabriel García Márquez
What more could a young writer want than to spend hours and hours with the greatest author alive?
Ariel Dorfman
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World LeadersDecember 4, 2013
The Struggle for Chile’s Future
The presidential runoff between Michelle Bachelet and Evelyn Matthei presents an opportunity to overcome Pinochet's twisted legacy.
Ariel Dorfman
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HistoryOctober 8, 2013
Does the Chilean Experience Offer a Way Out for Egypt?
My country can perhaps offer Egyptians a strategy whereby a fearful and divided populace can rid itself of an oppressive regime.
Ariel Dorfman
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ActivismAugust 27, 2013
Martin Luther King and the Two 9/11s
Dr. King’s words in a world awash with surveillance.
Ariel Dorfman
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HistoryNovember 9, 2011
Confessions of an Unrepentant Exile
Returning to Chile decades after Allende’s death, I was no longer a soldier of the revolution. What changed?
Ariel Dorfman
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Political FiguresOctober 11, 2011
Salvador Allende Has Words for Barack Obama From the Other Side of Death
As the 2012 election draws closer, what can Obama learn from the many battles of Chile’s most famous president?
Ariel Dorfman
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HistoryAugust 30, 2011
Epitaph for Another September 11
Chile and the United States offer contrasting models of how to react to a collective trauma.
Ariel Dorfman
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WorldDecember 22, 2010
Nelson Mandela: Conversations With a Myth
In his new memoir the South African leader struggles to overcome his image as a saint.
Ariel Dorfman
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Regions and CountriesSeptember 11, 2003
Lessons of a Catastrophe
Chile was a democracy, yet tyranny triumphed–in the name of fighting terror.
Ariel Dorfman
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PhilosophySeptember 12, 2002
Letter to America
My hope: empathy, compassion, the capacity to imagine that you are not unique
Ariel Dorfman