Remembering borders
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In his new book "Border Documents", Mexican photographer Arturo Soto unfolds a quiet, poetic topography of memory - far from clichés, close to the everyday reality of the border
Understanding China (and ourselves) better
F. Mantovani
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Romain Graziani
In "Les Lois et les Nombres - Essai sur les ressorts de la culture politique chinoise", Romain Graziani explains where the roots of Chinese state thinking lie, what they mean and how they still shape our present day
The Theatre of Resistance and South Africa's Unfinished Story
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Shafā’ath-Ahmad Khān
A dialogue with Mbizo Chirasha and anti-apartheid writer, pro-African poet and activist Shafā’ath-Ahmad Khān on the legacy of protest and the power of writing.
At the very bottom
Hu Anyan / Suhrkamp
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Hu Anyan
In his autobiography "I deliver parcels in Beijing", Hu Anyan offers a Kafkaesque vision of the precarious world of the Chinese platform economy
The myth and compassion
Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro @ 2025 San Diego Comic-Con International
Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein adaptation is more than just a remake: it is a liturgical reading of Mary Shelley's myth - a poetic affirmation of the power of storytelling, the vulnerability of life and the humanity of the monster
"People are only really dead when nobody thinks about them anymore" *
Reprodukt
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The graphic novel "El abismo del olvido" by Paco Roca and Rodrigo Terrasa is an astonishing educational piece about dealing with mass graves in Spain
How stories begin and the past takes on a new form
Lloyd Smith
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Tan Twan Eng
In his third novel "The House of Doors", Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng skilfully blends fact and fiction, exploring the relationship between life and literature
Tuesday
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Menaf Othman
Associations and thoughts on an unusual day of the week from a Kurdish perspective
Adaptation and resistance
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Rudolf Isler
"Der Untertan" (The Loyal Subject), "Sonnenfinsternis" (Darkness at Noon) and "Sansibar oder der letzte Grund" (Flight to Afar) - How characters from earlier novels can reflect the zeitgeist of today
«For me, literature is not merely art; it is a form of protest.»
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Sumaiyah Muhammad Salisu
About uncomfortable truths. A conversation with North Nigerian writer and literary activist Sumaiyah Muhammad Salisu
The One-Night Stand at the Frankfurt Book Fair
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Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
A short story from the Philippine diaspora
Literary travel in the Philippines
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From Manila to Naga City and Santa Monica – Philippine literature is as complex and fragmented as the country and its languages. And as is so often the case, literature and its authors know more about the past, present and future than the country itself
Past, present and future
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From left to right: Mia Tijam, Dr. Mary Jane Guazon Uy, Axel Timo Purr and Trixie Adviento Odiamar
Panel discussion on Bikol literature, colonial history, language, identity and resistance – a multifaceted view of the past and present of Filipino culture
The blood of the gazelle
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Aya Gamal Mohey Eldeen
A poem from Egypt
Aria for the end of the world
Salome Bötticher
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Ollier Lemvo Dondedieu Richtel
A short story from Texaco La Tsiémé, Brazzaville
Dead time, dead land
Sandy Hau
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Caroline Hau
In her emotionally dense and intelligent novel, Caroline Hau tells of the recurring colonial relationships and symbiotic hierarchies that occur in Philippine society and beyond
Fear of the Camera
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Omar Alhadi
Three Syrian faces for one body
The economy of desire and the curse of its fulfilment
Lazarus808
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Deena Mohamed
From the heart of Cairo, Deena Mohamed's graphic novel explores our longing for wish fulfilment
Through paradigms, brightly
Privat
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Peter Baranowski
Thomas Kuhn, Cinema, and the AI Age of Revolutions
The Scramble for Africa - But what happened in the previous century?
Princeton University Press
Richard Reid, a professor of African History, describes in his book "The African Revolution" how Africa was already changing before European takeover.
Moral on Fire
Jürgen Bauer
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Didier Fassin
In 'Moral Abdication: How the World Failed to Stop the Destruction of Gaza', Didier Fassin applies the lens of anthropology’s moral turn. He examines not only what was done to Gaza, but also how Western moral allowed it to happen
«Love is the acceptance everyone is feverishly seeking in this topsy-turvy world»
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Megha Sood
When activism and poetry intertwine. A conversation with Megha Sood