Spies: The KGB in the United States
In Spies: The Rise and Fall of The KGB in America, historians John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr teamed up with former KGB member and journalist Alexander Vassiliev to illustrate the phenomenon of...
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The Damned, Last Rites
"The Damned, Blood on the Snow" is the previous installment of Chloe Bradshaw's saga. "I'm not dead," my brother says. "Though you did injure me on Vinson Massif.” He shows me a scar on his...
Selling Light: the first chapter
This excerpt is published with permission from Roast Books. Selling Light is a seaside tale that explores the relationships forged between a young research student, a grieving widower, a...
One State, Two States: a review
Only can time tell how Netanyahu's decision of committing to the Two-State Solution in regard to the Israel/Palestine conflict will work out. Yes, Bibi imposes very strict conditions of setting up an...
Loving a Man in Uniform: Lily Burana as army wife
In 2004, Lily Burana wrote a book called Strip City, a memoir told as a cross-country road trip from strip club to strip club, reconciling her past as a dancer in those clubs with her career as a...
Shanthi Sekaran on The Prayer Room, writing, and the state of indian lit
Shanthi Sekaran has a lot to celebrate this year. This past spring, MacAdam/Cage published her debut novel The Prayer Room to wide acclaim. Readers are quickly absorbed by the winding story of George...
The truth about accountants: an excerpt from The Profit
This excerpt is published with permission from Roast Books. The Profit is inspired by an oft-quoted work by Kahlil Gibran and concerns the erudition and sagacity of one Piers Black, "revered by men...
Murder in the Name of Honour: interview excerpt
Please note that the full version of this particular column is hosted at ArabComment. The regular column will return later this month. When I first met Rana Husseini, I was struck by how forthright...
The Damned, Blood on the Snow
"The Damned, In the Heart of Ice" is the previous installment of Chloe Bradshaw's saga. “How did you think it would end up?” I ask my enemy, my brother. “I asked my people to warn you. I...
My Happiness Bears No Relation to Happiness: an interview and review
Adina Hoffman lives in Jerusalem. She is the author of House of Windows: Portraits from a Jerusalem Neighborhood. She has contributed to The Nation, The Washington Post, The Times Literary Supplement...