It’s Still Night, Mr. Golshiri
Most Iranian fiction remain under the influence of Romanticism and the spirit of Victor Hugo. Golshiri, on the other hand, exposes the multiple hypocrisies and weaknesses of his characters, including the intellectuals.
An Angry Shade of Blue
in France’s (Real) Great Debate
And so the circle draws a notch tighter around the question of national identity.
To Have and Have Not:
A Regional, National,
and International Conversation
In 1976, Cambridge was a reasonable city in which to be poor. Even as a Full Professor, I could never afford to buy a house there now.
Posthumous Keats, Posthumous Us
To trace the arc of a poet’s reputation is to consider the fate of one’s own.
Accountability and Afghanistan
How ought we, as a nation of laws, respond to allegations of war crimes committed by our military?