Michael BarroninThe OmnivoreWhat’s the Best Way to Promote Literature in Translation?Should advocates focus more on raising awareness or inclusiveness of world literature?Feb 26, 20181Feb 26, 20181
Michael BarronThe Global AnthologyRead a work of prose from every country in the world, and then some.Jan 14, 20181Jan 14, 20181
Michael BarroninThe OmnivoreA Tale of Two American NovelsWhy are a majority of American novels now being set in cities when so much tumult is happening outside of them?Dec 4, 2017Dec 4, 2017
Michael BarroninThe OmnivoreThanksgiving’s Immigrant StoryTwo Pilgrim memoirs depict the compassion of the Wampanoag tribe toward foreigners, and serve to remind us that hospitality is central to…Nov 23, 2017Nov 23, 2017
Michael BarroninThe OmnivoreThe Book Asking What It Means to Be AliveDaisy Hildyard’s ‘The Second Body’ examines the meaning of life with investigative journalism, memoir, and literary criticism.Nov 16, 2017Nov 16, 2017
Michael BarroninThe OmnivoreFictionalizing the Assassination of JFKWith the files of the Kennedy assassination now (largely) released to the general public, it may be time to revisit the novels that regard…Oct 27, 20172Oct 27, 20172
Michael BarroninThe OmnivoreThe Best Way to Understand Somalia Is to Read its LiteratureAfter a lukewarm international response to Mogadishu’s worst ever bombing incident, it may be Somalia’s own writers who can save its…Oct 20, 20171Oct 20, 20171
Michael BarroninThe OmnivoreThe Great Unknown Puerto Rican NovelWhy ‘Simone’, Eduardo Lalo’s award-winning novel of Puerto Rican identity, should be regarded as an American classic.Oct 18, 2017Oct 18, 2017
Michael BarroninThe OmnivoreIt’s Good to See a Writer Win the Nobel AgainBy selecting the British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro, the Swedish Committee returns to honoring literature.Oct 5, 2017Oct 5, 2017
Michael BarroninThe OmnivoreA Glimpse into North Korea through the Eyes of One of Its WritersHow a manuscript smuggled out of the Hermit Kingdom gave the world a unique peek inside of it.Sep 22, 201712Sep 22, 201712