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‘I like writing male characters—I don’t have to get them home safely at the end of the chapter’—An interview with Aminatta Forna

October 1, 2018October 1, 2018Jennifer Malec2 Comments

Aminatta Forna sat down with The JRB Editor Jennifer Malec at the Open Book Festival in Cape Town to talk about her new novel,…

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The rediscovery of the ordinary does not preclude the extraordinary—Jennifer Malec reviews Esi Edugyan’s novel Washington Black

October 1, 2018May 2, 2019Jennifer Malec1 Comment

The JRB Editor Jennifer Malec reviews Esi Edugyan’s Man Booker Prize-shortlisted novel, Washington Black. Washington Black Esi Edugyan Serpent’s Tail‎, 2018 Esi…