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Books

1. A. Dorfman. Heading South, Looking North.  Picador Africa/Pan Macmillan, Fall, 2011. South African printing of 1998 memoir
2. A. Dorfman. Writing the Deep South: The Mandela Lecture and Other Mirrors for South Africa.  Picador Africa/Pan Macmillan, Fall, 2011.
3. A. Dorfman. Feeding on Dreams: Confessions of an Unrepentant Exile.  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, September, 2011. a series of translations of my works, anthologies, etc.
4. A. Dorfman. Americanos: Los pasos de Murieta.  Seix Barral, 2009.
5. A. Dorfman and Joaquin Dorfman. Burning City.  Random House Children's Books, June, 2005. Previously published in the UK.
6. A. Dorfman. Mascara.  Seven Stories Press, September, 2004. Reprint, with new afterward by J.M. Coetzee
7.  Desert Memories: Journeys through the Chilean North.  National Geographic Books, January, 2004. Memorias del desierto, National Geographic Latitudes, 2004
8.  Manifesto for Another World: Voices from Beyond the Dark.  Seven Stories Press, 2004.
9.  Other Septembers, Many Americas: Selected Provocations, 1980-2004.  Seven Stories Press, 2004.
10.  The Burning City (with Joaquin Dorfman).  Doubleday (UK), 2003.
11. Ariel Dorfman. Konfidenz.  Dalkey Archive, 2003. (reprint from 1995 edition with new introduction by Andrei Codrescu)
12.  Exordising Terror: The Incredible Unending Trial of General Augusto Pinochet.  Seven Stories Press, 2002. (translated into Spanish, French, Italian, Turkish)
13. Ariel Dorfman. Exorcising Terror: The Incredible Unending Trial of General Augusto Pinochet.  Seven Stories Press, 2002. (Translated into Spanish, French, Italian, Turkish) [edu]
14. A. Dorfman. In Case of Fire in a Foreign Land (poetry).  Duke University Press, 2002.
15. A. Dorfman. Blake's Therapy.  Seven Stories Press, 2001.
16. A. Dorfman. The Rabbit's Rebellion.  Transworld, 2001.
17.  The Nanny and the Iceberg.  Farrar, Straus and Giroux, January, 1999.
18.  Heading South, Looking North: A Bilingual Journey.  Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1998.
19. A. Dorfman. Heading South, Looking North: A Bilingual Journey.  Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998. (paperback, Penguin, 1999)
20. A. Dorfman. The Resistance Trilogy.  Nick Hern Books Limited, 1998.
21.  The Resistance Trilogy.  Nick Hern Books Limited, 1998.
22. A. Dorfman. Widows (play).  Nick Hern Books Limited, 1997.
23. A. Dorfman. Reader.  Nick Hern Books, London, 1995.
24. A. Dorfman. Konfidenz.  Farrar, Straus and giroux, 1995. (paperback, Vintage, 1996; reissued with new introduction by Andrei Codrescu, Dalkey Archive, 2003)
25. A. Dorfman. Death and the Maiden.  Fireside Book Club, main selection, Penguin, 1992.
26. A. Dorfman. Some Write To The Future.  Duke University Press, 1991. (paperback, 1992)
27. A. Dorfman. Hard Rain (novel).  Readers International, 1991. (hardback and paperback)
28. A. Dorfman. My House Is On Fire (stories).  Viking-Penguin, 1990. (paperback, King Penguin, 1991)
29. A. Dorfman. Mascara.  Viking-Penguin, 1988. (paperback, Penguin, 1990)
30. A. Dorfman. Last Waltz in Santiago.  Viking-Penguin, 1988. (paperback, King Penguin, 1988)
31. A. Dorfman. The Last Song of Manuel Sendero.  Viking, 1987. (paperback, King Penguin, 1988)
32. A. Dorfman. Widows (novel).  Pantheon Books, New York, 1983. (paperback Vintage-Aventura, 1984; new paperback, King Penguin, 1989; Seven Stories Press, 2002)
33. A. Dorfman. The Empire's Old Clothes.  Pantheon Books, New York, 1983. (paperback, Pantheon Books, 1984; new paperback, Penguin, 1996)
34. A. Dorfman. Missing.  Amnesty International, London, 1982.
35. A. Dorfman with Armand Mattelart. How to Read Donald Duck.  International General, London, 1975.

Book in Progress

1. A. Dorfman. Feeding on Dreams: Confessions of an Unrepentant Exile. Fall 2011. (Second volume of my memoirs. Follow-up to "Heading South, Looking North.")
2. A. Dorfman. Burning City (screenplay). 2008. (Wrote screenplay version of novel "Burning City" with Joaquin Dorfman for Richard Gladstein, producer.)
3. A. Dorfman. Blake's Therapy (screenplay). 2008. (Wrote screenplay version of my novel "Blake's Therapy" with Rodrigo Dorfman for Ventazul Film Productions, producer Salma Hayek)

Articles Accepted in Journal

1. A. Dorfman. "Juegos de la memoria." El Pais  (October 31, 2005). Reprinted in Pagina Doce
2. A. Dorfman. ""Sube a Nacer conmigo"." Pen America: Metamorphoses 3 (2005): 122-124.
3. A. Dorfman. ""William Blake has Words from the Other Side of Death for Laura Bush"." The Liberal IV (April/May 2005): 40-41.
4. A. Dorfman. ""Footnotes to a Double Life"." The Genius of Language  (2005): 206-217.
5. A. Dorfman. ""The Piper of Our Times." Der Einstein-Komplex  (2005): 22-26.
6. A. Dorfman. "Echoes of King's dream ring true in Chile." San Francisco Chronicle  (1-16-2005).
7. A. Dorfman. "Chilean writer brings his plays to the world." Santiago Times  (2-8-2005).
8. A. Dorfman. "En memoria de Arthur Miller: la muerte de un fabulador." El Pais  (2-13-2005).
9. A. Dorfman. "Los cincos minutes de John Paul II." El Pais  (4-7-2005). Reprinted in Le Monde
10. A. Dorfman. "Adieu to a Philosopher: Remembering Sartre." Los Angeles Times  (4-11-05).
11. A. Dorfman. "Love Song for London." Washington Post  (7-9-2005).
12. A. Dorfman. "An Einstein Strings Theory." Los Angeles Times  (8-16-2005). Reprinted as "El violinista en el tejado del cosmos" in El Pais, 9/5/05.
13. A. Dorfman. "A Morse Code for 2006." OpenDemocracy.net  (12-22-06). Reprinted in Spanish, Pagina Doce [net]
14. A. Dorfman. "Juegos de la memoria: Las elecciones en Estados Unidos." El Pais  (October 31, 2004).
15. A. Dorfman. "Brainy Candidates Need Not Apply." Los Angeles Times  (October 22, 2004).
16. A. Dorfman. "My Friend, the Super Man." The Observer (London)  (October 17, 2004). also appeared in El Pais and the Duke Dialogue
17. A. Dorfman. "La inteligencia de Kerry." L'Unita  (October 3, 2004). reprinted in Le Monde and El Pais
18. A. Dorfman. "Martin Luther King, Jr: A Latin American Perspective." Peace is Possible: Voices of the Second Superpower  (October, 2004): 251-260.
19. A. Dorfman. "Why Chile is Hopeful." New York Times  (September 11, 2004).
20. A. Dorfman. "Yuxtaposiciones." El Pais  (September 8, 2004).
21. A. Dorfman. "Emergencias." El Pais  (August 13, 2004).
22. A. Dorfman. "The Black Hole." The Impossible Will Take a Little While  (August 1, 2004): 241-250.
23. A. Dorfman. "Footnotes to a Double Life." The Genius of Language  (July, 2004): 206-217.
24. A. Dorfman. "Are There Times When We Have to Accept Torture?." The Guardian (U.K.)  (May 8, 2004). Reprinted in San Francisco Chronicle and The Australian
25. A. Dorfman. "La question qu'Ivan Karamazov ne pose pas." Le Monde  (May 5, 2004). Reprinted in Italian in L'Unita, and in Spanish in El Pais
26. A. Dorfman. "Words that Pulse Among Madrid's Dead." Los Angeles Times  (March 21, 2004).
27. A. Dorfman. "Neruda frente al terror en Madrid." El Pais  (March 20, 2004). Wordt Vervolgd - 4/20/04
28. Ariel Dorfman. "Un almuerzo con Kerry." El Pais  (March 4, 2004).
29. A. Dorfman. "Fear and the Word." Utne Reader  (May/June 2004).

Introductions, Forewords, and Afterwords

1. A. Dorfman. "Introduction to Empire's Old Clothes."  New introduction to the reissue of my book, The Empire's Old Clothes, to be published Spring 2010.   (2009).
2. A. Dorfman. "Afterword: Where the Buried Flame Burns." Poems from Guantanamo: The Detainees Speak  (July, 2007).
3. A. Dorfman. "The Tyranny of Torture: Is Torture Inevitable in Our Century and Beyond?." Torture: A Collection First (Fall, 2004): 3-18.

Articles in a Journal

1. A. Dorfman. "Matta el travieso." Pagina/12  (November 12, 2011). Reprinted in other Spanish languages papers [html]
2. A. Dorfman. "Confessions of an Unrepentant Exile." The Nation  (November 9, 2011).
3. A. Dorfman. "Un purgatorio en busca de autor." El Pais  (October 22, 2011). [Tes]
4. A. Dorfman. "Death and the Maiden's Haunting Relevance." London Guardian  (October 15, 2011). [death-maiden-relevance-play]
5. A. Dorfman. "How Harold Pinter's Kindness Saved My Play." The Daily Telegraph  (October 12, 2011). [html]  [abs]
6. A. Dorfman. "Salvador Allende Has Words for Barack Obama from the Other Side of Death." TomDispatch.com  (October 9, 2011). [available here]
7. A. Dorfman. ""My Lost Library"." Chronicle of Higher Education  (September 23, 2011). [available here]
8. A. Dorfman. "Cheney and Justice for Torture Victims." CNN.com  (September 23, 2011). [html]
9. A. Dorfman. "The Other 9-11." Granta  (September 2, 2011). [dorfman]
10. A. Dorfman. "Epitaph for Another September 11th." The Nation  (September 1, 2011). Reprinted in El Pais as "Epitafio para otro once de Septiembre", New Statesman etc. [epitaph-another-september-11]
11. A. Dorfman. "Losing Superman." Los Angeles Times  (May 6, 2011). Reprinted in El Pais as "Bin Laden y la ultima aventura de Superman" and other newspapers [la-oe-dorfman-superman-20110506,0,4184100.story]
12. A. Dorfman. "Ghosts of Chile." Los Angeles Times  (March 20, 2011). reprinted in El Pais as "Obama y el dolor de Chile" [la-oe-dorfman-chile-obama-20110320]
13. A. Dorfman. "Nelson Mandela: Conversations with a Myth." The Nation  (January 10, 2011).
14. A. Dorfman. ""Shaken to the Core"." Los Angeles Times  (3-11-2010).
15. A. Dorfman. "Forum: Make Believe." PEN America Journal 11 (October, 2009): 15.
16. A. Dorfman. "Augusto Boal: 1931-2009 Tribute." American Theatre Magazine  (September, 2009). Reprinted in the London Guardian
17. A. Dorfman. "Picasso's Closet." The Art Bulletin XCI:1 (March, 2009): 6-28.
18. A. Dorfman. "Interventions in "Picasso's Closet": Our Black-and-White Catastrophe." The Art Bulletin XCI:1 (March, 2009): 51-58.
19. A. Dorfman. "Heroínas imperfectas." El Pais  (3-14-09). Proceso, Pagina Doce
20. A. Dorfman. "Sobre Patiperros y Manzanas." El Pais  (6-2-09). Proceso, Pagina Doce
21. A. Dorfman. "Un mensaje para Obama." El Pais  (07-21-2009). Also translated for papers in Sweden, Norway, Germany, Italy, France, Brazil, Denmark and Holland
22. A. Dorfman. "Todavía viendo a Tencha." El Pais  (06-19-2009). Proceso, Pagina Doce
23. A. Dorfman. "Der Dichter-Präsident." Frankfurter Rundschau  (11-6-08).
24. A. Dorfman. "A Vicious Circle." The Guardian (UK)  (1-17-08). [chile.theatre]
25. A. Dorfman. "Death and the Maiden." The Guardian (UK)  (3-1-08). [featuresreviews.guardianreview1]
26. A. Dorfman. "Barack Obama, next president?." Le Monde  (5-7-08).
27. A. Dorfman. "El Poeta como Presidente." El Pais  (10-26-08). [Tes]
28. A. Dorfman. "Una profecía desde Carolina del Norte." El Pais  (6-5-08). [Tes]
29. A. Dorfman. "Mi Paulina, mi pais." El Pais  (8-20-08). [Tes]
30. A. Dorfman. "The Temptations and Delights of Writing for an Opera."  Written for the performance of the opera version of "Death and the Maiden" for which I wrote the libretto. Opera Journal  (9-20-08).
31. A. Dorfman. "Are there times when we have to accept torture?." South Central Review: The Journal of the South Central Modern Language Association  (Spring, 2007).
32. A. Dorfman. "What Bush Missed in Chile." South Atlantic Quarterly 105:1 (Winter, 2006): 125-127.
33. A. Dorfman. "The Half-Life of a Despot." The New York Times  (12-12-06). El Pais, L'Unita, Pagina Doce, Liberation, FAZ
34. A. Dorfman. "Spitting on the Dead Dictator." Los Angeles Times  (12-17-06). Reprinted as "Good-bye to a Grandfather," "Un adios al abuelo," in Clarin, Expressen, Senkai
35. A. Dorfman. "Una llamada de auxilio para el año nuevo." El Pais  (1-5-2006).
36. A. Dorfman. "A Morse Code Signal for 2006." San Francisco Chronicle  (1-8-2006).
37. A. Dorfman. "It's No Joke Anymore." Los Angeles Times  (1-15-06). Adapted from keynote speech given at the annual MLA Convention on Dec. 27, 2005.
38. A. Dorfman. "Out of Fear." London Guardian  (3-18-2006).
39. A. Dorfman. "El caso del 'taliban chino'." El Pais  (4-20-06).
40. A. Dorfman. "Mission Akkomplished: Mayday for Comrade Bush." The New Statesman  (5-8-06).
41. A. Dorfman. "Waving the Star Spanglish Banner."  Read as radio commentary on Hispanic Communications Network Washington Post  (5-7-06). El Pais, Guardian
42. A. Dorfman. "Are We Really So Fearful?." Washington Post  (9-24-06). El Pais, Pagina Doce, Le Monde

Articles in a Collection

1. A. Dorfman. "Waving the Star-Spanglish Banner." Spanglish Ed. Ilan Stavans. Greenwood Press, 2008, 118-119.
2. A. Dorfman. "Are there times when we have to accept torture?." On Torture Ed. Thomas C. Hilde. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008, 109-111.
3. A. Dorfman. "Are we really so fearful?." On Torture Ed. Ilan Stavans. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008, 112-114.
4. A. Dorfman. "Breaking Down the Glass Walls of Language." How I Learned English Ed. Tom Miller. National Geographic Books, 2007, 217-220. Translated as "Rompiendo las fragiles barreras del lenguaje" in Como aprendí Inglés.
5. A. Dorfman. "The Missing and Photography: The Uses and Misuses of Globalization." Spontaneous Shrines and the Public Memorialization of Death Ed. Jack Santino. FirstPalgrave Macmillan, April, 2006, 255-260.

Articles Online

1. A. Dorfman. ""Solidarity can help Chile prevail"." CNN.com . 3-2-2010
   <http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/02/solidarity-can-help-chile-prevail/?iref=allsearch>  Reprinted in El Pais 3/3/2010
2. A. Dorfman. ""Why trapped miners 'unwilling to die in darkness'"." CNN.com . 9-8-2010
   <http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/09/07/dorfman.chile.miners/index.html?iref=allsearch>  Reprinted as "El verdadero milagro de los mineros" in El Pais, 9/8/2010
3. A. Dorfman. "Forever: A Letter to Obama." Huffington Post . 10-9-09
   <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ariel-dorfman/forever-a-letter-to-obama_b_313153.html>  Also appeared in the London Guardian "Commentisfree" blog.
4. A. Dorfman. "Hope for Latin America: Obama's Nobel." Huffington Post . 10-20-09
   <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ariel-dorfman/hope-for-latin-america-ob_b_325541.html>  Also printed in the Los Angeles Times.
5. A. Dorfman. "My Paulina, My Country." Salon.com . 6-11-2008
   <http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2008/06/11/dorfman/index.html>
6. A. Dorfman. "Homeland Security Ate my Speech." TomDispatch.com . 1-15-06
   <http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=49432>  Also appeared in Le Monde.
7. A. Dorfman. "The Struggle for America's Soul." TomDispatch.com . October 27, 2004
   <http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=1939>  reprinted in Mother Jones online

Book Reviews

1. A. Dorfman, "Destination: Chile, A Geography Gone Mad". Salon.com Literary Guide to the World  (8-21-06). [html]

Occasional Writing

1. A. Dorfman. "Goodbye to a Grandfather." Sekai :762 (March, 2007). Japanese translation from Los Angeles Times article printed in December 2006.
2. A. Dorfman. "Una semana con Gabo." El Pais  (3-13-07).
3. A. Dorfman. "Use What You Learned." The Chronicle of Higher Education  (05-04-2007).
4. A. Dorfman. "(Poem) William Blake has Words from the Other side of Death for Laura Bush." San Francisco Chronicle  (July 25, 2004). reprinted in El Pais

Interviews

1. J. Wynn Rousuck. "Playwright Dorfman puts a face on Torture." Baltimore Sun  (10-29-2006).
2. Neil Conan. "Picasso's Closet."  Radio interview on the opening of "Picasso's Closet" NPRs Talk of the Nation  (6-22-06).
3. Melinda Penkava. "Ariel Dorfman speaks about Purgatorio." WUNC The State of Things  (2-4-2005).
4. "Chilean writer brings his plays to the world." The Santiago Times  (2-8-2005).
5. "News Hour with Jim Lehrer." PBS  (4-29-2005).
6. "Two Dorfmans, one new novel." Durham Herald Sun  (5-27-2005).
7. "Father son team tell hard tale of youth." News and Observer  (5-29-2005).
8. Melinda Penkava. "Ariel and Joaquin Dorfman radio interview." WUNC State of Things  (6-1-2005).
9. Sally Plaskin. "Radio Interview." What's the Word?  (7-1-2005).
10. Pat Adams. "Salvaging Memories in Santiago." Duke Magazine  (September 2005). [available here]
11. "Interview about Gen. Augusto Pinochet." BBC The World Tonight  (10-14-2005).
12. Caridad Svich. "Subverting Narrative: An Interview with Ariel Dorfman." Contemporary Theatre Review  (October 2005).
13. Randy Gener. "War, Rape, Barbed Wire: Remember, It's a Comedy." The New York Times  (12-4-2005).

Translation of a Book

1. A. Dorfman, trans. Para além do medo.  Campo das Letras Editores S.A., November, 2004  Translation of "Exorcising Terror" into Portuguese
2. with Joaquin Dorfman, trans. Manhattan Macadam.  Editions Milan, Fall, 2004  French translation of "The Burning City"
3. A. Dorfman, trans. The Rabbits' Rebellion.  Ma'ariv Book Guild, September, 2004  Hebrew Translation

Other

1. A. Dorfman. "Purgatorio."   (November-December, 2011).
2. A. Dorfman. "El otro lado."   (November, 2009). Spanish version of the play "The Other Side" published to accompany the play performed in Cadiz, Spain
3. A. Dorfman. "Picasso's Closet."  Opened on October 29, followed by a Q&A between the author and the audience. Add'l performances Oct. 30, 31 and Nov. 15. The Nasher Museum of Art  (October 29, 2009).
4. A. Dorfman. "Reader." Reader  (2008).
5. A. Dorfman. "Widows." Widows  (2008).
6. A. Dorfman. "The Other Side." The Other Side  (2008).
7. A. Dorfman. "Dancing with Shadows musical."   (July, 2007).
8. A. Dorfman. "Purgatorio." Purgatorio  (October, 2006).
9. A. Dorfman. "Death and the Maiden."  Reading at the Royal Court Theatre as part of its 50th Anniversity celebration, honoring the most popular plays to have opened there.   (3-17-06).
10. A. Dorfman. "Picasso's Closet."   (6-25-06). [php]
11. A. Dorfman. "Death and the Maiden." Center Stage's Pearlstone Theatre in Baltimore  (opened 11/8/06).
12. A. Dorfman. "Speak Truth to Power: Voices from Beyond the Dark." Ebenezer Baptist Church  (1-14-2005).
13. A. Dorfman. "Purgatorio." Seattle Repertory Theatre  (10-29-2005).
14. A. Dorfman. "The Other Side." Manhattan Theatre Club  (12-6-2005).
15. A. Dorfman. "The Other Side."   (April 12, 2004).
16. A. Dorfman. "Speak Truth to Power: Voices from Beyond the Dark."   (October, 2000).
17. A. Dorfman. "Speak Truth to Power: Volices from Beyond the Dark."   (September, 2000).
18. A. Dorfman with Rodrigo Dorfman. "Konfidenz."   (2000).
19. co-written, Ariel Dorfman and Rodrigo Dorfman. "Dead Line."  based on poems from Ariel Dorfman's book Last Waltz in Santiago   (December, 1998).
20. A. Dorfman with Rodrigo Dofman. "Who' Who."   (1998).
21. co-directed by and co-written by Ariel Dorfman and Rodrigo Dorfman. "My House Is On Fire."  based on story written by Ariel Dorfman, a short film   (1997).
22. adapted by Rodrigo Dorfman and Ariel Dorfman. "Mascara, based on the novel of the same name."   (1996). 1998, Bonn
23. A. Dorfman and Rodrigo Dorfman. "Prisoners in Time, BBC teleplay."  worldwide 1995-96, starring John Hurt. 1995 Writer's Guild of Great Britain award for Best Feature Film (TV category)   (August, 1995).
24. A. Dorfman. "Reader."  performances in Denmark, Germany, England, Croatia, and Japan; in 2001, Spain and Mexico   (Summer, 1995).
25. co-written and co-produced by Ariel Dorfman. "Death and the Maiden, directed by Roman Polanski."  starring Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kinsgley, and Stuart Wilson, released worldwide 1995   (December, 1994).
26. A. Dorfman. "Death and the Maiden."  After a workshop production in Chile in March, 1991, the play had its world premiere at the Royal Court Theatre (Upstairs) in London in July 1991, and opened on Broadway in 1992. The play has been performed in more than 100 countries to date and is also used as a teaching tool in many classrooms in schools and universities in the United States, Canada and Europe. England: The Time Out award as Best Play of the Year and the Sir Lawrence Oliver Award as Best Play of the Year for 1991. Korea: 29th Dong Award for Best Play in 1992-93 theatrical season. Japan: 1999 award for Best Play in Translation.   (1991).
27. A. Dorfman. "Widows, based on the novel of the same name."  Adapted as a radioplay, BBC; Alternative Theatre Festival, Israel 1987; first prize. The Kennedy Center/American Express New Plays Award, 1988. New version, written with Tony Kushner, premiered main stage, Mark Taper Forum, 1991. Staged in Japan, Israel, Sri Lanka, Turkey, England, Scotland and Chile   (1988).

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