Literary Radar
Articles, book reviews, literary critiques and journalistic reports around books on local and international media.
When Art Talks Back: Jonathan Lethem on Graffiti As Visual and Written Expression | Literary Hub | 26/08/24
Badenheim 1939; Katerina; The Story of a Life by Aharon Appelfeld review – survivors’ tales full of beauty and pain | THE GUARDIAN | 12/08/24
Memory and trauma go hand in hand in these two novels and a memoir by the late Israeli writer, who shows that hope can be worse than despair. God is in the sky,” the young Aharon Appelfeld’s grandfather told him, “and there is...
From Circle to Square | LA REVIEW OF BOOKS | 11/08/24
Benjamin Nathans revisits the 1968 suppression of the Prague Spring from the perspective of the Soviet dissident movement. WHETHER UNDER socialism or capitalism, civil rights inscribed in constitutions don’t implement themselves. ...
The Essential Shel Silverstein | NEW YORK TIMES | 10/08/24
He was irreverent, absurdist and ahead of his time. Here’s the best of the best by the groovy pied piper who made poetry fun. If you were lucky enough to be read to as a kid, you probably found yourself face to face with Shel...