October 2026

On the Futility of Words

Tash Aws’s masterfully crafted novel "The South" tells the story of Jay, 16, who spends his holiday on his family’s farm in Malaysia. What begins as a coming-of-age story ultimately departs deliberately from that genre.

The Lives of Indigenous People in Montreal

In “Ninan – Tiohtiá:ke, Montreal,” Michel Jean tells the story of an outcast homeless man’s arduous journey back into society, and shows how the role of those who trust you unconditionally is so crucial

An Afro-Cuban voice that envisions new horizons

Maielis González Fernández places the Black and Caribbean experience at the heart of a work of science fiction that challenges decades of exclusion and reimagines the future

The Voice of the Arab Renaissance

Even twenty years after his death, Nagib Mahfouz’s literary and philosophical legacy has lost none of its relevance

Here I stand, and I cannot do otherwise

Hamza Abu Howidy, a Palestinian, is committed to peace between Israel and Palestine. His book "Muscheln am Strand von Gaza" (Shells on the beach in Gaza) describes his life under Hamas’s reign of terror.

Suicide isn't for Africans

A Story from Cameroon

What does a plate of food tell us?

Gastronarratives of the Afro-Ecuadorian Coast: Food, Relationality, and the Reimagining of the Republic