Remembering my mother Buchi Emecheta, 1944-2017
The Nigerian-born British novelist Buchi Emecheta wrote a regular New Statesman column which became her first book, In The Ditch, in 1972.
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In the age of Donald Trump, we should all be reading this radical American nature writer.
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Guo’s jagged, unpolished memoir Once Upon a Time in the East reminds us of the power of storytelling.
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Our modern addiction to sugar is killing us – and it may be too late to stop it.
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Yaa Gyasi’s debut novel is nothing short of magic
Homegoing is a novel borne not only of skill and knowledge, but also of a lifetime of experience.
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