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Threshold

By Scott Broker
Silhouette of a crowd of people wielding swords against a fiery background, as if to suggest war.

Once Upon a Time

By Natsume Sōseki, translated from Chinese by Ryan Choi
A fly sits on edge of a white flower's petal against a blurry green background.

Kingdom

By Brian Gyamfi

My Mother’s Stalker

By K-Ming Chang

Ariel Dorfman

Ariel Dorfman is considered to be one of "the greatest Latin American novelists" (Newsweek), and one of the United States' most important cultural and political voices. His numerous works of fiction and nonfiction have been translated into more than fifty languages, and his plays have been produced in over one hundred countries. They include Death and The Maiden, which was made into a film by Roman Polanski and is scheduled for a revival on Broadway as soon as the reopening of theaters allows it. His most recent publications are the novel Cautivos and a children’s story, The Rabbits' Rebellion. His next book, The Compensation Bureau, is forthcoming from OR Books. His writing frequently appears in the New York Times, the Guardian, The Nation, the Los Angeles Times, CNN, and The New York Review of Books, as well as many other magazines internationally. He is an emeritus distinguished professor at Duke University and lives in Durham, North Carolina with his wife Angelica.
Fiction

Behold A Pale Rider

By Ariel Dorfman March 26, 2021
It is customary in cases such as these to express regret and plead for mercy. You will hear no such words from me.
Fiction

Long Forgotten

By Ariel Dorfman April 15, 2015

He did not want her to think what might possibly be true: that he was going mad.

Freedom of Expression: The Gray Areas Commentary GovernmentPolitics

Repression By Any Other Name

By Ariel Dorfman February 3, 2014

The Chilean playwright remembers the moment he learned what it means to fear one’s own words—and finds that from Pinochet to the Patriot Act, the state listens, watches, and waits.

Commentary Politics

A Warning for Barack Obama

By Ariel Dorfman October 10, 2011
Salvador Allende has words for Barack Obama from the other side of death.
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