Chigozie Obioma’s latest novel is a love story, a story of exile, a mix of classical tragedy and Igbo folklore, narrated by a chi — a guardian spirit that refers to Obioma’s protagonist as its host.
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Chigozie Obioma’s latest novel is a love story, a story of exile, a mix of classical tragedy and Igbo folklore, narrated by a chi — a guardian spirit that refers to Obioma’s protagonist as its host.
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Mesha Maren’s debut book follows a queer woman trying to restart her life and return to rural Appalachia. For the author, it’s a place sometimes “difficult to love,” but loved with “extra fierceness.”
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“I don’t think Louis C.K. is funny,” NPR’s Scott Simon says. A comic can be edgy, but one that’s not funny “is no more interesting than any other muttering blowhard who craves attention.”
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The first American woman to direct a feature-length drama, Weber made woman-centered films with daring commentary. She’s barely known now, though the rerelease of two major works may change that.
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The modernist master Quique Dacosta is above all obsessed with origin, who we are and where we come from, and how can we share the essence of these with food.