This is Nuruddin Farah’s most powerful novel. As with all of his fiction, it is set in his homeland of Somalia. Maps is an ...

Explore the inspiring journey of Lebohang Masango, a multifaceted author and anthropologist, as she shapes South Africa's ...

Author Abdulrazak Gurnah was a surprise winner of the Nobel prize for his multigenerational saga of displacement and loss ...

In the novel “Theft,” by the recent Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah, three characters navigate messy relationships in 1980s ...

Sarah Chihaya examines our obsession with books — why they sustain us, how they perhaps cage us, if there can be too many — ...

Books have a way of sparking empathy, drawing readers into the lives of characters who may be different from themselves -- or different from other characters in the story. Kids and teens walk in ...

The two women’s journeys, though distinct, share a common thread: a steadfast commitment to social justice and transforming ...

"All literature is regional; or conversely, no literature is regional"—is a common sentiment to have today, but I had first read those lines from Joyce Carol Oates, in her preface to a book of ...

Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Gulf of Maine Books will host an author event with Franklin Burroughs at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, at Curtis Memorial ...

If that all sounds a bit legalese, Sands locates the book in humanity, whether it is through his depiction of 20th century Lviv, the compelling men at the centre of his story, or the ramifications ...