Diane Rayor on translating the poetry of Sappho

Alexander Nemerov on his efforts to resurrect the spirits of our lost woods

Marion Turner on our enduring fascination with the Wife of Bath

Gunnhild Øyehaug talks about her twisted new collection of short stories

Joanna Schwartz on the difficulty of holding the police accountable

Marie Arana on how violence, exploitation, and religion have ruled Latin America’s history—and might portend its future

Javier Sinay on the forgotten history of the first Jewish immigrants in Argentina

Eleanor Janega on the overlooked lives of ordinary women

Darren Byler on translating the fiction of Uyghur writer Perhat Tursun