A Graphic Novel for the Armchair Traveler
A review of a graphic novel/memoir about a South Korean university student's introduction to resistance against her country's dictatorship in 1983.
Armchair Traveler to Imagined Worlds
Travel via books can be to imagined worlds, like our own but with magic, as I found out reading Christina Soontornvat's A Wish in the Dark.
Lego Fernando Pessoa on the Book Rocket, powered by Mensagem.
Armchair Traveler
Because of my broken ankle, I missed this year's New York Times Travel Show and that opportunity to plan my summer trip, which will -- ankle permitting -- take us…
Little Brick Township’s New Bookshop
Pictures and a review of Lego's latest Creator Expert (formerly Modular) set, the Bookshop coveted by many writers I know.
Holiday Market
The holiday market tradition and a review of the expanded holiday market in Union Square, New York City.
Punch Up, Punch Down, Punch Sideways
Reviews and an excerpt from unpublished work to illustrate different types of humor and to call for more that punches up.
Translation and Human Rights
Highlighting Women in Translation Month and the role of translators in protecting authors who are the targets of repressive regimes.
Films for the Resistance: The Edge of Democracy
A review of a recent documentary about the rise and decline of democracy in Brazil, with resonance in the U.S. today.
Lisbon Restaurants Face Challenges in 2019, and Other Reviews from Richard Lachmann
In his annual roundup of restaurants in Lisbon and elsewhere in Portugal, Richard Lachmann addresses the effects of stiff competition and chef shortages.
YA Trends and Boomlets
A discussion of several new YA novels set in Russia and Eastern Europe during and after the fall of Communism. Is this a new trend?