I remember you, Dad. You had a hard life, full of disappointments, but you did your best by us. You're the stuff of story, and I'm writing about you now. Read More
A few years ago I was in a taxi with my cousin and he screwed up his nose and said, “Whew! This place smells of pot.” “So that’s what pot smells like.” “You’ve never smoked pot?” “Nope.” “I don’t believe you.” We are about the same… Read More
Behind every word the reader can sense the implacable tread of life itself moving warily, silently, away from oblivion. By any means necessary. Read More
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie carries a dozen boldly sketched characters through 588 engrossing pages with a tale that pokes into our (surprisingly sensitive) national and racial selves. Read More
This is a magnificent book, and I am not alone in thinking so. The New York Times Book Review calls it a “tour de force,” others compare it to Madame Bovary and War and Peace. Read More
