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Ariel Dorfman

Ariel Dorfman, a TomDispatch regular, is the Chilean-American author of Death and the Maiden. His most recent books are Cautivos, a novel about Cervantes, the children’s story, The Rabbits Rebellion, and a forthcoming novel about the Apocalypse, The Compensation Bureau. He lives with his wife in Chile and in Durham, North Carolina, where he is a distinguished emeritus professor of literature at Duke University.

How to Read Donald Trump

On Burning Books But Not Ideas

By Ariel Dorfman On July 3, 2022On July 3, 2022

How Spanish Can Help Us Survive Viral Times

A Journey into the Heart of a Language We Need Now More Than Ever

By Ariel Dorfman On February 14, 2021On February 14, 2021

Sending Trump to Hell

Dante Alighieri Has Words for Donald J. Trump From the Other Side of Death

By Ariel Dorfman On October 22, 2020On November 24, 2020

Human Zoos in the Age of Trump

Humans as “Animals,” Then and Now

By Ariel Dorfman On July 8, 2018On July 10, 2018

How to Read Donald Trump

On Burning Books But Not Ideas

By Ariel Dorfman On September 14, 2017On September 19, 2017

How to Forgive Your Torturer 

The River Kwai Passes Through Latin America and Washington 

By Ariel Dorfman On June 17, 2014On June 17, 2014

A Time for Creative Suffering

Martin Luther King’s Words in a Surveillance World

By Ariel Dorfman On August 27, 2013On August 27, 2013

Ariel Dorfman, A Warning for Barack Obama

By Ariel Dorfman On October 9, 2011On February 17, 2021

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