A journalist travels across the US to unravel the secrets surrounding the life and death of his Ethiopian immigrant father

"Today’s border narrative mirrors some of our country’s most intractable issues," writes Dinaw Mengestu.

Dinaw Mengestu's ingenuity and eloquence as a writer are on display in this novel about an Ethiopian American man who returns home only to learn that his father has just died.

The Ethiopian American novelist also talks aesthetics and the inspiration behind his most recent novel, “Someone Like Us.”

Twenty Canadian authors have withdraw their books and labor from the Scotiabank Giller Prize until it severs its ties to companies “complicit in Israel’s ongoing occupation, displacement and …

Since the protests began on campuses throughout the United States, I have been struck by the verbal contortions many writers have gone through to avoid

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That night alone we lost over 400 people. The rockets that were fired and the bombs that were thrown were strong enough to destroy whole residential buildings. Families were wiped out of existence...