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FictionMay 18, 2022
Olga Ravn’s Office Novel in Space
The Employees offers a surreal and biting account of all the hazards and indignities of the contemporary workplace.
Jessica Loudis
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EuropeMarch 23, 2022
How the Netherlands Became a Global Cocaine Hub
The surge in trafficking through the Port of Rotterdam has coincided with spectacular violence.
Jessica Loudis
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Autobiography and MemoirFebruary 17, 2020
Ricardo Piglia’s Books of Disquiet
As he witnessed the dissolution of civil society under a series of repressive governments, the Argentine novelist and critic began recording the most mundane parts of everyday life.
Jessica Loudis
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Drug War and Drug PolicyApril 22, 2019
In Mexico, ‘The Cartels Do Not Exist’: A Q&A With Oswaldo Zavala
The CUNY professor’s new book about drug trafficking has sparked controversy in Mexico, but he says the US isn’t yet ready for the discussion.
Jessica Loudis
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FictionMarch 14, 2019
Agustín Fernández Mallo’s Novel About Everything
The Spanish writer’s sprawling Nocilla trilogy is a contemporary epic.
Jessica Loudis
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Genocide and Ethnic CleansingNovember 29, 2018
Travel Boycotts Won’t Fix Myanmar
The country’s treatment of its Rohingya minority is vexing tourists, but not enough to stop the violence.
Jessica Loudis
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EuropeSeptember 12, 2018
‘Overtourism’ Is Driving Europeans Crazy
Is anti-tourist sentiment code for classism, racism, and xenophobia, or a legitimate concern over a city’s capacity to accommodate visitors?
Jessica Loudis