Issue 73 | December 2022

Conversations: Xu Xi and James Sherry

Two authors discuss transnationalism, climate change, transformation, and more.

Between gods and animals: becoming human in the Gilgamesh epic

What a late addition to the epic tells us about what it meant to be human in the ancient world.

Johnny and I

Who the hell in suburban New York had ever heard of Anniston, Alabama? I had.

Natalia Goncharova: Life and Art (an Excerpt)

Marina Tsvetaeva and Natalia Goncharova are two of the strongest voices emerging from the Russian cultural tradition of the 20th century.