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interviewsFebruary 2, 2023February 2, 2023

An Artificial Scarcity: Bertrand Cooper in Conversation with Momtaza Mehri

Bertrand Cooper speaks to Momtaza Mehri about the torsions of race and class in America.

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interviewsJanuary 19, 2023January 23, 2023

Telling Their Story As Truthfully As Possible: A Conversation with Ann-Helén Laestadius

Ann-Helén Laestadius on her latest novel Stolen, and the Sámi community.

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hope after crisisMay 17, 2018January 22, 2020

On the move: a conversation with Olga Tokarczuk

The concept of a ‘nation’ doesn’t have the power to describe the contemporary identity of people living in the world. We should look for other ideas to describe us as a collective, as a group, as a society.

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interviewsMay 26, 2022June 21, 2022

The Words We Choose III: The 2022 International Booker Prize Shortlisted Translators in Conversation

The shortlisted translators of the 2022 International Booker Prize in conversation with Ellah P. Wakatama.

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personal essaysJanuary 12, 2023February 2, 2023

About My Mother (and Other Things in Parentheses)

Norman Erikson Pasaribu on a mother’s choice and how writing saved them

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personal essaysJanuary 10, 2023January 23, 2023

Written on the Bodies: The Language of the Hostile Environment

Rogelio Braga on the politicisation of black and brown migrant bodies and the intersections of political persecutions and the UK’s hostile environment.

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interviewsDecember 20, 2022January 23, 2023

The Third One Might Not Take as Long: An Interview with Shehan Karunatilaka

Shehan Karunatilaka on language, living history, labour and luck.

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personal essaysNovember 28, 2022January 23, 2023

Ghana and the Literary Industry

Elizabeth Johnson on the literary scene in Ghana, who’s building it, and the value of publishing on the continent.

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illustration personal essaysNovember 16, 2022December 21, 2022

For Malorie

Dapo Adeola on his illustration marking Malorie Blackman winning the 2022 PEN Pinter Prize

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long readOctober 11, 2022November 28, 2022

Just Sayin’

Malorie Blackman’s PEN Pinter Prize 2022 speech

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personal essaysSeptember 23, 2022November 16, 2022

An Endangered Species in Uganda

Stella Nyanzi on dissident writers and free expression in Uganda.

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personal essaysSeptember 2, 2022October 11, 2022

Salman the Wordsmith

By Zadie Smith.

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interviewsAugust 1, 2022September 23, 2022

An Irresistible Contradiction: An Interview with Idza Luhumyo

Idza Luhumyo, winner of the 2022 AKO Caine Prize, discusses short stories, agency, and power.

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personal essaysJuly 22, 2022December 22, 2022

Books, Books, Books

Julian Barnes on collecting books, reading books, and annotating books.

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interviewsJune 28, 2022August 1, 2022

I Am a Writer Because My Will to Understand People Is Greater Than My Need to Judge Them: Pajtim Statovci in Conversation with Octavia Bright

Pajtim Statovci talks to Octavia Bright about tricky protagonists, Albanian mythology and multilingualism

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personal essaysJune 21, 2022December 22, 2022

The Freedom and Right to Share Our Stories: Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai on Decolonising Literature

Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai on decolonising literature about Việt Nam by writing in the language of the coloniser.

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personal essaysJune 14, 2022June 28, 2022

On Translation

Astrid Alben on language, childhood, photographs and translation.

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personal essaysMay 19, 2022June 14, 2022

I Want to Be Commissioned to Review Love Island

June Bellebono on the pigeonholing of identities, being commissioned on topics other than that which you embody, and Love Island.

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personal essaysMay 10, 2022May 30, 2022

I Do Not Want You to Escape the Real World

Yara Rodrigues Fowler on material as a part of reading, the making of zines, and writing there are more things.

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personal essaysApril 22, 2022May 19, 2022

Osman Kavala and the Life of the Mind

Thomas de Waal on sending Osman Kavala books to read in Silivri Prison.

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long readApril 8, 2022May 10, 2022

When a Country’s Soul Succumbs: Laws, Migration and Culture

The 2022 StAnza Lecture by Mona Arshi.

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personal essaysMarch 24, 2022April 22, 2022

From Ajdabiya to Rome

Najwa Bin Shatwan on her geographic and writerly journey. Translated by Sawad Hussain.

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interviewsMarch 17, 2022April 8, 2022

Something Different Altogether: A Conversation with Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan

Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan on Islamophobia, storytelling, and the politics of existing.

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