When I interviewed Laila Lalami a few weeks ago, we talked quite a lot about critics and readers. This was probably my fault. Her new novel, The Moor’s Account, is…
Archive for October, 2014
“African Writers in a New World”: An Introduction
Interviews Curated by Aaron Bady
Interview: Maaza Mengiste
In the first interview for this series, the novelist Maaza Mengiste spoke with me from New York City, on the thirteenth anniversary of 9/11. We discussed her acclaimed first novel, Beneath…
“Destroying” the Text to Create the Poem
Genevieve Kaplan
Weepies, Women, and The Fault In Our Stars
Jill Richards
