Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah
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Booker-prize short-listed in 1994, this beautiful book set in a changing, pre-WWI East Africa deserves much wider acclaim.
A new (very) short story in Ghost Parachute
Just in time for the holidays, Ghost Parachute has published a new short story of mine, “Steppe,” about drinking. Ho…
An Evening of Literary Freedom in Paris
In October, I had the privilege of again speaking publicly about the rise and politicization of book banning in the…
On the West Coast of Ireland (Residency, Research, and Writing)
Spending a week in one of the reconstructed stone studios at Cill Rialaig on the west coast of Ireland overlooking…