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FictionJuly 27, 2017
The Impending Crisis
Omar El-Akkad’s debut novel imagines a future America riven by civil war.
Madison Smartt Bell
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FictionOctober 14, 2014
Uncontained City
The Third World collides with the First in Atticus Lish’s Preparation for the Next Life.
Madison Smartt Bell
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Foreign PolicyJanuary 16, 2013
Nine Years in One Day: On Haiti
The tension between the personal and the political permeates new books on Haiti by Amy Wilentz and Jonathan M. Katz.
Madison Smartt Bell
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Autobiography and MemoirMarch 10, 2011
Beyond the Barricades: On Deb Olin Unferth
Dylan’s Mr. Jones was confused by revolution; the persona of Deb Olin Unferth’s memoir is nonchalant about it.
Madison Smartt Bell
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FictionJune 30, 2010
Ghosting History
Heidi Durrow traces a young girl’s harrowing plunge into racial identity.
Madison Smartt Bell
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FictionJanuary 14, 2010
Permanent Exile: On Marie Vieux-Chauvet
In Love, Anger, Madness, Marie Vieux-Chauvet explores the choking fear of life under “Papa Doc” Duvalier.
Madison Smartt Bell
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Regions and CountriesJuly 15, 2009
The Lost Years: On Haiti
The mutating tensions and alliances of postoccupation Haiti.
Madison Smartt Bell