Article Archive: Feature

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Life Goals: A Q&A With Elif Batuman

by
Porochista Khakpour
5.24.22
Elif Batuman

Elif Batuman, the best-selling author of The Idiot and its sequel, Either/Or, talks to Porochista Khakpour about the new novel, being named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and what she learned on a trip to Russia and Ukraine. 

How We Remember: A Profile of Clint Smith

by
Destiny O. Birdsong
6.16.21
Clint Smith

In his first nonfiction book, How the Word Is Passed, published in June by Little, Brown, poet and scholar Clint Smith delves into the legacy of slavery alive in the monuments and landmarks within and beyond the United States, in an immersive read that exquisitely depicts how a nation and its inhabitants remember its history. 

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