Bertrand Cooper speaks to Momtaza Mehri about the torsions of race and class in America.
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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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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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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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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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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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For Malorie
Dapo Adeola on his illustration marking Malorie Blackman winning the 2022 PEN Pinter Prize
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Just Sayin’
Malorie Blackman’s PEN Pinter Prize 2022 speech
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An Endangered Species in Uganda
Stella Nyanzi on dissident writers and free expression in Uganda.
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Salman the Wordsmith
By Zadie Smith.
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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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Books, Books, Books
Julian Barnes on collecting books, reading books, and annotating books.
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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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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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On Translation
Astrid Alben on language, childhood, photographs and translation.
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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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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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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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When a Country’s Soul Succumbs: Laws, Migration and Culture
The 2022 StAnza Lecture by Mona Arshi.
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From Ajdabiya to Rome
Najwa Bin Shatwan on her geographic and writerly journey. Translated by Sawad Hussain.
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Something Different Altogether: A Conversation with Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan
Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan on Islamophobia, storytelling, and the politics of existing.
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