Esther King
@esthermavis.bsky.social
Deputy editor, The Dial (@thedialmag.bsky.social)
I have a new translation out today in @thedialmag.bsky.social Her North is a meditation on belonging that doubles as a love letter to eternal winter. Original story by Evgenia Nekrasova. I hope you give it a read 🦌❄️ www.thedial.world/articles/lit...
Her North by Evgenia Nekrasova — The Dial
A short story.
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A pair of new translations — both reported pieces from freelancers still working in Russia — out today with @thedialmag.bsky.social www.thedial.world/articles/new...
Online in Russia — The Dial
Two reports from The New Tab, a magazine in exile.
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"They wanted to see new faces. They wanted to be carried on the emotional arc of a story in the same time it took for them to finish their commute. One-minute episodes were a better fit for fragmented and exhausting work schedules." www.thedial.world/articles/new...
Dopamine TV — The Dial
How China’s short dramas are redefining entertainment.
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Great to see @donalgill.bsky.social's piece on Canada's "original sin" republished in The Walrus! You can read the essay and 11 brilliant others in our book: www.thedial.world/how-we-see-it
How We See It — The World Looks at America in the Age of Trump
In How We See It, twelve of the most talented and insightful journalists from around the world probe their home countries’ complex relationship with the United States — and how this has swerved under ...
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The Walrus@thewalrus.ca · last mo.Donald Trump’s annexation threats have reignited Canadian patriotism, but Dónal Gill argues our vulnerabilities were exposed much earlier. After nearly forty years of deep economic integration with the US, can Canada still chart an independent course? https://ow.ly/GHLE50Zj0Re
We've been on tour with our new book! It's been so wonderful to meet readers and talk about The Dial's work. Catch us in Brooklyn on Thursday if you're in the area! www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/dia...
The Dial's "How We See It: The World Looks at America in the Age of Trump" | Brooklyn Public Library
Join us for an evening with Ben Smith and Madeleine Schwartz from The Dial, as they discuss How We See It: The World Looks at America in the Age of Trump From the celebrated magazine of international ...
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If you're looking for a different kind of reading list about America: lithub.com/how-the-rest... @thedialmag.bsky.social
How the Rest of the World Sees America (Through the Eyes of Its Writers)
I’ve spent much of my career reporting outside the United States, but in recent years, many of my interviews have ended the same way: with questions to me about what is happening at home. The…
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Happy #PublicationDay to HOW WE SEE IT edited by The Dial w/ an introduction by Madeleine Schwartz Twelve talented international journalists probe their home countries’ complex relationship with the United States—and how this has swerved under the new administration. https://ow.ly/2jWL50Z6n65
Happy pub day! The Dial's first book "How We See It," a collection of 12 essays that examine how the world sees the U.S. in this political moment, comes out today. “To read this rich, subtle and moving anthology is to be reminded that it is often foreigners who understand us best," Adam Shatz says.
How We See It: The World Looks at America in the Age of Trump
The World Looks at America in the Age of Trump
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I wrote for @thedialmag.bsky.social about why there are so many Norwegians in the Epstein files, and what it means for our self-image: www.thedial.world/articles/new...
It Used to Feel Good to Be Norwegian — The Dial
The Epstein files shattered that.
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Great to get “How We See It: The World Looks at America in the Age of Trump” in my hands. I contributed the chapter on Canada. Huge thanks to the team at @thedialmag.bsky.social for the opportunity. There’s an amazing chapter on Ireland, too. Check out the book here: www.thedial.world/how-we-see-it
In 2016, Abraham Jiménez Enoa started Cuba’s first independent magazine, investigating what state-approved media wouldn’t. The government tried everything they could to stop him, but he kept reporting. Read his story: www.thedial.world/articles/new...
I Started Cuba’s First Independent Magazine. Then My Problems Began. — The Dial
“We wanted to hold a mirror up to Cuba, show the island what the hell it was.”
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Home exchange programs say they promote a global community “built on trust.” Is letting a stranger sleep in your bed for free a form of solidarity between people who want to afford to travel? Or is it a sign of an eroding middle class? Francesco Pacifico asks: www.thedial.world/articles/new...
Strangers Rent My Home, Sleep in My Bed, Play My Guitar — The Dial
Is it suffering? Is it just a sign of the times?
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1/ What does it mean to be a journalist today? In this toolkit for journalists, reporters from Cuba, El Salvador and Georgia reflect on how to overcome difficulties of reporting within authoritarian systems.
Journalism Today — A Toolkit for Reporters
Advice from around the world on how to keep working under threat.
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@esthermavis.bsky.social ’s review of Hanna Johansson’s BODY DOUBLE, explores the novel’s depiction of female intimacy and the eeriness that emerges when our sense of self erodes. Read it here: wordswithoutborders.org/book-reviews...
I’m delighted that @thedialmag.bsky.social has excerpted a section from THE ASSET CLASS. It’s from one of the book’s most scandalous chapters, about what happened when fund managers went in search of returns below the equator: tinyurl.com/5c8r4jcy
When Private Equity Meets Global Development — The Dial
How one fund wreaked havoc on Kenya's health care system
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As China increases its threats toward Taiwan, people on the island are preparing for invasion. Michelle Kuo attends two civil-defense courses, learning how to pack gauze into open wounds, identify Chinese disinformation campaigns and more. Can Taiwan save itself? www.thedial.world/articles/new...
Preparing for an Invasion — The Dial
Taiwan goes it alone.
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Dial Magazine asked me to keep a diary for the last month of the war. www.thedial.world/articles/new...
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"Yesterday I lay on my back on the bed, smoking. I never smoke in the bedroom, but war, like wine, sorrow, and love, erases one’s most basic disciplines and pushes aside all pleasantries." www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
From the Rooftops of Tehran | Anonymous
We in Iran own our grief, mourning all by ourselves.
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“How does the absence of the mother affect a child?” Amanda Marton Ramaciotti asks. In this essay, Marton Ramaciotti writes about adoring her mother while fearing schizophrenia, the disease that made her leave. www.thedial.world/articles/new...
I Don’t Want to Be Like You — The Dial
In 1994, my mother had her first psychotic break.
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"Their Name is Piehsak" found a nice spot in the form of an online photo-essay in The Dial. All the Khmer that are still displaced thank The Dial for not forgetting them.
The Dial@thedialmag.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe clashes along the Cambodian-Thailand border last year have displaced more than 500,000 people on both sides. In December, John Vink visited 18 locations—pagodas, markets, settlements and camps—where Cambodian civilians sought refuge. www.thedial.world/articles/new...
In a conversation at the Bergen International Literary Festival, Albanian author Lea Ypi and American poet Joy Williams discussed translations of their work with Polish translator Julia Wiedlocha—and how they feel about big changes to their texts and being translated by AI.
Lea Ypi, Joy Williams and Julia Widelocha on Translation — The Dial
A conversation from the Bergen International Literary Festival.
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@esthermavis.bsky.social reads Leo Boix's collection SOUTHERNMOST SONNETS (Chatto & Windus 2025), reflecting on the 'push and pull of belonging to different places' and how it has shaped her understandings of home, geography, partnership, family, and grief. Read: www.wasafiri.org/content/medi...
I wrote a piece for Wasafiri about living in multiple languages and finding home. With thanks to the thoughtful editors at @wasafirimag.bsky.social www.wasafiri.org/content/medi...
Meditations — Esther King on Leo Boix's Southernmost: Sonnets
Esther King finds kinship in Argentine British poet Leo Boix's Southernmost:
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“As world powers debate Gaza’s future...what will remain of its past?”—Madeleine Schwartz (@mmschwartz.bsky.social) on Gaza’s archaeological relics https://go.nybooks.com/46bM65P
Pieces of Gaza | Madeleine Schwartz
Until 2024, the objects on display in “Trésors sauvés de Gaza” (“Treasures Saved from Gaza”), an exhibition at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris that
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Anna Juul reflects on the disappearance of physical mail in Denmark — and what a hyper-digital society gains and loses when letters, handwriting, and slower communication fade away: www.thedial.world/articles/new...
The End of Mail in Denmark — The Dial
Who will mourn the last letter?
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