Explore
Sort by:
Sort by:
Benjamin Pell Versus the Rest of the World
Tim Adams
‘You hear Benjamin Pell long before you see him.’
In Search of Beauty: Blackness as a Poem in Saudi Arabia
Sulaiman Addonia
Sulaiman Addonia on the slow process of rediscovering the beauty of black skin after moving to Saudi Arabia as a child.
Writing Like Degas Paints
Sulaiman Addonia
Sulaiman Addonia on how Edgar Degas’s nude portraits inspired his latest novel, Silence Is My Mother Tongue.
On Monday Last Week
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
‘Kamara had always resented the glamour of half-castes.’
The Master
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
‘The Master was a little crazy; he had spent too many years reading books overseas’
Operation
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
‘I like to think now that he knew how much I liked him, from the beginning, and that we were both equal participants in the ritual.’
Jumping Monkey Hill
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
‘His accent was what the British called posh, the kind some rich Nigerians tried to mimic and ended up sounding unintentionally funny.’
The Grief of Strangers
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
‘Chinechelum said little as her mother drove her to the airport.’
Grand Rounds
Chris Adrian
‘I used to fall asleep in those same seats during lectures just like this one.’