Literature

Marking the 200th anniversary of Keats’s death, Anahid Nersessian offers a refreshing examination of his genius.

A South African teenager finds hierarchies can be subverted if one has the skills to carve out a niche.

Girlhood, like an onion, needs to be peeled patiently to reveal its true center.

With a sweeping hand, poet Song Lin anoints both tangible and intangible objects with gravitas and dimension.

Frank explores a truth stranger than fiction along Africa's Diamond Coast.

KT Sparks weaves a story of the American dream steeped in pathos, humor, and satire.

Marashi's novel follows three modern Iranian women caught between tradition and desire.

The novel idealizes a starkly different idea of education; something transformative, perhaps even spiritual.

Set in Tobago, Defoe's utopian vision vanishes abruptly, like the novel’s famous footprint in the sand.

Set in South Africa, this crime novel flits between five characters, each with their own baggage.