“On that day: I came home from school early. I didn’t find you, but I made an excuse for your absence, and sat, and waited.”
Read moreFriday Finds: New Issue of ‘The Common’ Features 9 Stories from Morocco
“They’ll be having a virtual Issue 21 launch party on May 6 at 7 pm EDT.”
Read more‘Poetic Justice’: A Quarter Century of Collecting Moroccan Poetry
“This is not a book of “high” culture only. It contains the tastes of many aspects of Moroccan society.”
Read moreFriday Finds: ‘I Sleep in My Inkwell and Wave to the Distant’
“of footfalls that never return / from the checkpoint / which only sends back bodies;”
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180+ Books: A Look at Moroccan Literature Available in English
ArabLit Editor Nadia Ghanem surveys the twentieth- and twenty-first century Moroccan literature available in English.
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Sunday Submissions: EBRD Literature Prize 2019
The first prize, worth €20,000, will be equally divided between the winning author and translator. Two runners-up and their translators will receive a prize of €1,000 each.
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Teaching with Arabic Literature in Translation: Once and Future Moroccos
“I must say, I’ve never taught a course on Moroccan literature, until now, because I felt there hasn’t been enough work available. I feel like I’m now ready to start thinking about such a course.”
Read more15 Moroccan Poets on ‘Big Bridge’
Last night, Big Bridge editor Michael Rothenberg sent me a note that said, “this is the beginning of a more complete anthology.”
Read moreLaila Lalami on Moroccan Literature and Why She Writes in English
African Writing Online has a strange, funny, and sometimes awkward interview with Moroccan-American author Laila Lalami in its latest issue. It has some interesting moments, once the beginning awkwardness is […]
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