Table of Contents, Masthead, and Editor's Note

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photo: www.flickr.com/people/1banaan contents 09 12 30 14 20 24 International Crime & Mystery Credibility and Popularity in the Historical Mystery J. Madison Davis Poetry Two Poems Angélica Freitas Three Poems Jacek Gutorow Essays Dark Side of the Manga: Tezuka Osamu’s Dark Period Rob Vollmar Not Their Masters’ Voice: Latin American Nonfiction Will H. Corral Filling the Unforgiving Minute: The Literature of Running Roger Robinson COVER FEATURE Literary Journalism with contributions from Norman Sims Ervin Hladnik Milharčič Maria Golia Mariya Tytarenko Anthony Shadid Novia Pagone Agnes Andeweg In Every Issue Editor’s Note Letters / Editor’s Pick Notebook World Literature in Review Outpost: Paris 32 03 04 05 64 80 On the Cover New York Times journalist Anthony Shadid talks with residents in Embaba, a poorer neighborhood in Cairo, during the revolution that toppled President Hosni Mubarak (February 9, 2011). Photo by Ed Ou / Edit by Getty Images. On This Page It’s a short drive from Dwingelderveld National Park to Emmen, The Netherlands, birthplace of Frank Westerman. The literary journalist discusses Michelangelo, Lipizzaner horses, and the origin of stories on page 7. MARCH/APRIL 2012 EDITORIAL BOARD Roger Allen Juan Gustavo Cobo Borda Manuel Durán Howard Goldblatt George Gömöri Talat S. Halman Alamgir Hashmi Vasa D. Mihailovich Tanure Ojaide Rimvydas Šilbajoris Ilán Stavans Theodore Ziolkowski CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Hester Baer José Juan Colín J. Madison Davis Pamela Genova Andrew Horton Emily Johnson Takeshi Kimoto Monica Seger Jonathan Stalling Rob Vollmar INTERNS Madeline Alford Emily Bibens Michael Bibens Robin Click Brynne Frauenhoffer Kaitlin Hawkins Rachel Henson Laura Hernandez Rebecca Horner Stormee Massey Jessica Mitzner Marina Ruiz Sam Tran Rebecca Wood BOARD OF VISITORS Molly Shi Boren S. Ross Clarke Cheryl Foote Groenendyke Sarah C. Hogan Judy Zarrow Kishner Mary D. Nichols Susan Neustadt Schwartz George A. Singer Jeanne Hoffman Smith Lela Sullivan James R. Tolbert III Lew O. Ward Martha Griffin White Penny Williams WLT WORLD LITERATURE TODAY World Literature Today is published bimonthly at the University of Oklahoma / 630 Parrington Oval, Suite 110 / Norman, Oklahoma 73019-4033. Periodicals postage paid at Hanover, Pennsylvania 17331. Copyright © 2012 by World Literature Today and the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma. ISSN 0196-3570 (1945-8134 online). Subscription and advertising rates are listed on our website (www.worldliteraturetoday.com) or can be obtained through the editorial office. Ph: 405.325.4531. Fax: 405.325.7495. This publication, printed by the Sheridan Press, is issued by the University of Oklahoma. 3,900 copies have been prepared and distributed at no cost to the taxpayers of the State of Oklahoma. March–April 2012 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & NEUSTADT PROFESSOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR & EDITOR IN CHIEF MANAGING EDITOR BOOK REVIEW EDITOR PROGRAMS & DEVELOPMENT ART DIRECTOR DIGITAL MEDIA EDITOR CIRCULATION & ACCOUNTS Volume 86, Number 2 Robert Con Davis-Undiano Daniel Simon Michelle Johnson Marla Johnson Terri D. Stubblefield Merleyn Ruth Bell Jennifer Rickard Kay Blunck • “Marathons of Memory, Marathons of Life,” Roger Robinson’s essay about the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon • Literary journalism by Spain’s Rosa Montero and Empar Moliner, translated by Novia Pagone • “Buenos Aires, the Suburbs, and the Pampas,” an essay on literary journalism after Borges, by Pablo Calvi • James Tar Tsaaior analyzes literary series in Nigeria’s national newspapers • “Shame,” a story by Juned Subhan • Julia Tindell’s interview with illustrator David Small, author of Stitches • The WLT Book Club reads Everything Beautiful Began After by Simon Van Booy Online @ worldliteraturetoday.com MARCH–APRIL 2012 | 3 EDITOR’S NOTE PHOTO: ALBA SIMON I f 2011 will ultimately be remembered as the Year of the Protester (Time, December 26, 2011), WLT would like to pause momentarily , before the events of 2012 outrace our news feeds, to recognize the vital role of journalists in bringing that roiling dissent to our attention. As Russian essayist Nadezhda Azhgikhina acknowledged in our November 2011 issue, journalists around the world push back against barriers of censorship in the pursuit of truth: they “understand their duty,” Azhgikhina writes, “to inform their readers and to serve justice,” often putting their lives in danger for the sake of freedom of expression. Part of that freedom also lies in the desire of journalists to...