For the first time, English-language readers can engage with the work of Pieter Madibuseng Odendaal, a distinctive voice among South Africa’s younger generation of Afrikaans poets.

Poetry memoir invites readers into “Blindian Country”; experimental work by 20 Black artists at F-O-K Studios; Alex Yang’s” Weaving the Hmong Legacy” at the Xia Gallery.

I went to West Africa to report on girls’ education. I left convinced that the Western feminist movement has grown far too ...