Natan Last Natan Last works on refugee policy and advocacy in New York. He is a poet as well as a regular crossword puzzle contributor to The New Yorker and The New York Times, and is writing a forthcoming nonfiction book about crosswords.

Dispatches on the War on Gaza

Natan Last

There have been many dark hours in Gaza since war broke out on October 7, but on Friday, that darkness became literal: for 34 hours, internet and phone services were shut down, cutting off Gazans from one another and from the outside world. As the violence continues into a fourth week, we asked writers to share their perspectives on the unfolding crisis from across the globe — from the West...