Achebe’s essays on life in Nigeria & America
Less speed, more caution: Chinua Achebe’s new essay collection is his first book in 20 years. (Via.)
Less speed, more caution: Chinua Achebe’s new essay collection is his first book in 20 years. (Via.)
If you were riveted by her Letter from a Japanese Crematorium, you’ll be glad to hear that Marie Mockett’s first novel, Picking Bones from Ash, is out at last. Judging from the advance reviews at Amazon, some readers seem to expect The Joy Luck Club, but for Japan, which is not at all the story they find. The book is . . .
Jonathan Lethem writes about his (imaginary) friendship with Philip K. Dick, and much more. (Via.)
Abhorrent: Auster, Rushdie & Kundera sign petition to free Polanski, who, contrary to popular belief, still faces serious charges. (Via.)
I am excited and stunned to say that Narrative Magazine has awarded me its annual fiction prize for an emerging writer, for “When the Flock Changed.” The story is actually an excerpt from a novel I’ve been writing — and writing about writing — for an embarrassingly long time. Here’s how it opens: My mother was a preacher until the . . .