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Lenin auf Schalke (Lenin Goes West)
Gregor Sander
At Work in the Ruins: Finding Our Place in the Time of Science, Climate Change, Pandemics and All the Other Emergencies
Dougald Hine
The Meaning of Proofs: Mathematics as Storytelling
Gabriele Lolli. Trans. Bonnie McClellan-Broussard
Life in Every Breath: Ester Blenda: Reporter, Adventurer, Pioneer
Fatima Bremmer. Trans. Gloria Nneoma Onwuneme
Queer Subjects in Modern Japanese Literature: Male Love, Intimacy, and Erotics, 1886–2014
Ed. Stephen D. Miller
José Antonio Villarreal and Pocho: A Mexican American Novel and Its Tragic Plot
Roberto Cantú
The Politics of Literary Prestige: Prizes and Spanish American Literature
Sarah E. L. Bowskill

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May 2023

The May 2023 issue of World Literature Today ponders “The Future of the Book,” featuring a marquee interview with Azar Nafisi and contributions by others on the subject of books and book culture. The book review section rounds up the best new books from around the world, and additional interviews, poetry, short fiction and creative nonfiction, culture essays, a postcard from the former Yugoslavia, and an outpost from Berlin make the May issue your perfect summer reading companion.