The New York Times’ “Best Books of the Century” List Was an Unforgivable Erasure of African Literature
The New York Times recently released a list of the “100 Best Books of the...
Chaos Is My Co-Pilot: In Praise of Tumultuous, Unruly Storytelling
“I feel that I am much more complete when I don’t understand. Not understanding, to my way of thinking, is a gift. It’s...
Lost and Found: Why I Almost Quit Journalism (and What Brought Me Back)
I’m a journalist, and, like many people watching as a genocide is simultaneously livestreamed by...
What Mary Renault’s The Last of the Wine Reveals About Athletes, Ancient and Modern
The athletes are ready, the teams are set, and the Seine is (maybe) swimmable: the Summer Olympics are upon us at last! As...
Phil Christman on the Poetics of Place
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I think nothing has shadowed my development as a writer more than...