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Sofia Samatar

is the author of the novels A Stranger in Olondria and The Winged Histories. She also writes short stories, poetry, and essays.

Essays & Reviews

Skin Feeling

By Sofia SamatarSeptember 25, 2015
What it is to be encountered as a surface, to be constantly exposed as something you are not.
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Against the Normative World

By Sofia SamatarApril 9, 2015
A theorist who left behind a position as a preacher in the Blackpentecostal church returns to its practices for the potency of their critique
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What Even is African Literature Anyway

By Sofia Samatar, Keguro Macharia and Aaron BadyFebruary 9, 2015
Is "African Literature" a genre or a curse, a tradition or a cordoning off?
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