Idza Luhumyo, winner of the 2022 AKO Caine Prize, discusses short stories, agency, and power.
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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 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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Something Different Altogether: A Conversation with Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan
Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan on Islamophobia, storytelling, and the politics of existing.
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My Crime, Being Born Illegal: Shen Yang in Conversation with Nicky Harman
Shen Yang speaks to Nicky Harman about the One Child policy, “excess-birth daughters”, and her memoir, More Than One Child.
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In All Its Forms: A Conversation with Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
Ayanna Lloyd Banwo on ghost stories, love stories, Trinidad, and grief.
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The Epoch of Human Shame: An Interview with Samar Yazbek
Samar Yazbek on conflict, imagination and literature in Syria. Translated by Leri Price.
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The Threat of the Mob: An Interview with Anuradha Roy
Anuradha Roy on artists facing threat, publishing in India, and literary dogs.
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Everyone’s In, Everyone’s Out: A Conversation with Tice Cin
Tice Cin on North London, North Cyprus, and sensitivity reads.
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At the Foot of the Volcano: Charif Majdalani in Conversation with Ben East
French-Lebanese writer Charif Madjalani in conversation with journalist Ben East.
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Mario Levrero in Conversation with Mario Levrero
An imaginary interview with Mario Levrero and Mario Levrero, translated and introduced by Annie McDermott.
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Translating Place and Places of Translation: A Conversation Between the Shadow Heroes Collective
Ayça Türkoğlu, Filiz Emre, Gitanjali Patel, Harriet Phillips, Jessie Spivey, Katharine Halls, Kavita Bhanot, Khairani Barokka, Naima Rashid, Nariman Youssef, Mohini Gupta and Reem Abou-El-Fadl
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In Their Minds: An Interview with Samira Sedira
Samira Sedira discusses race, class, resentment and crime.
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The Words We Choose II: A Roundtable with the International Booker Prize Shortlisted Translators
The shortlisted translators of the 2021 International Booker Prize in conversation with Maureen Freely.
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Decolonial Feminisms: An Interview with Françoise Vergès
Françoise Vergès discusses decolonial feminism, free expression, Reunion and white feminism.
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Lest Writers Become Accountants: An Interview with Mauro Javier Cárdenas
Ecuadorean Mauro Javier Cárdenas discusses radical grammar, Spanish, and US politics.
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A Conversation with Andrew Black: A Conversation with Steven Hall
Steven Hall on thirteen years between novels, parent-children relationships, and full stops.
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A Broken Story: A Conversation with Mia Couto
Mia Couto discusses colonialism, Covid-19 and silence.
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Breaking Lines: An Interview with Tine Høeg
Danish writer Tine Høeg discusses line breaks, desire and and narrative puzzles.
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On the Pacific Coast: The English PEN Membership Interview Pilar Quintana and Lisa Dillman
Pilar Quintana and Lisa Dillman, author and translator of PEN Translates award-winning The Bitch, are interviewed by the English PEN Membership from their homes in Colombia and the USA.
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