Recent Atlantic Unbound interviews: A Cosmopolitan Affair (September 27, 2000) Ian Buruma amplifies on the cross-cultural ironies that run through his eclectic collection of essays The Missionary and the Libertine: Love and War in East and West Lonely in America (September 21, 2000) Robert Putnam, the author of Bowling Alone, argues that the time has come "to reweave the fabric of our communities." Inside the Jihad (August 10, 2000) Ahmed Rashid, the Pakistani journalist and author of Taliban, shares insights he has gained from years of unparalleled access to Afghanistan and its radical Taliban movement. An African Voice (August 2, 2000) His 1958 novel, Things Fall Apart, marked a turning point for modern African literature. In his new book, Home and Exile, Chinua Achebe sees postcolonial cultures taking shape story by story. In the Name of the Homeland (July 19, 2000) Julia Alvarez, the Dominican-born novelist and poet, talks about her new historical novel, and about her need to write the stories that are hardest to tell. Two Geeks on Their Way to Byzantium (June 28, 2000) | |
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