Berfrois

Russian

‘Speakers of Mandarin tend to see time both horizontally and vertically, with new events emerging from the ground like a spring of water, the past above and the future below’

Short story: ‘Agreeable’ by Jonathan Franzen
Poetry podcast: Monica Ferrell reads Beautiful Funeral
Slideshow: Ghada Amer’s Erotic Embroidery
Podcast: Dan Chiasson on Lydia Davis
Illustrated book excerpt: Know Your Rodent
Podcast: The Gold Standard and the Eurozone Crisis