2 minThe Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak‘ “Where are you from?” Elif Shafak asked herself in a 2020 Vanity Fair article. “I am from multiple places. I come from memories and...
2 minLeo the African by Amin MaaloufLeo the African, or Leo Africanus, is not a new book. It was first published in French in the nineteen-eighties and my British edition...
2 minTinkers by Paul HardingIn 2012 a friend persuaded me to apply for the Tin House writers’ conference, because Paul Harding was leading a class on novel writing....