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Interview: Laila Lalami

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…

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“African Writers in a New World”: An Introduction

Interviews Curated by Aaron Bady

Contemporaries Essays

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…

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Special Edition of Critical Inquiry

Edited by Leela Gandhi and Deborah L. Nelson