Authors

Maaza Mengiste Maaza Mengiste

Maaza Mengiste is a Fulbright Scholar, photographer, and the award-winning author of Beneath the Lion’s Gaze, selected by the Guardian as one of the 10 best contemporary African bo…

Nov 20, 2015

Yiyun Li Yiyun Li

Yiyun Li grew up in Beijing and came to the United States in 1996. Her debut collection, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, won the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Aw…

Nov 20, 2015

Phil Klay Phil Klay

Phil Klay is a graduate of Dartmouth College and a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. He served in Iraq’s Anbar Province from January 2007 to February 2008 as a Public Affairs Offic…

Nov 20, 2015

Marlon James Marlon James

Marlon James is a Jamaican novelist and the author of A Brief History of Seven Killings, the winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize.

Nov 20, 2015

Aleksandar Hemon Aleksandar Hemon

Aleksandar Hemon is the author of The Making of Zombie Wars, Behind the Glass Wall,  The Book of My Lives, Love and Obstacles: Stories, and The Lazarus Project: A Novel, which was…

Nov 20, 2015

Teju Cole Teju Cole

Teju Cole is a writer, art historian, and photographer.

Nov 20, 2015

David Newville David Newville

Nov 20, 2015

Emanuel Nieves Emanuel Nieves

Nov 20, 2015

Sylvia A. Harvey Sylvia A. Harvey

Sylvia A. Harvey reports at the intersection of race, class, policy, and incarceration. She is the author of The Shadow System: Mass Incarceration and the American Family. You can…

Nov 19, 2015

Lukas Hermsmeier Lukas Hermsmeier

Lukas Hermsmeier is an independent journalist from Berlin based in New York. He reports for German publications such as Zeit Online, Der Tagesspiegel, and Die Tageszeitung.

Nov 18, 2015

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