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Aaron Bady

Aaron Bady
Aaron Bady is a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Texas, teaching African literature. He is an editor at The New Inquiry.


In Kintu, a Look at What it Means to be Ugandan Now

How Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi's novel Offers an Important Corrective
May 15, 2017  By Aaron Bady
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Has Imbolo Mbue Written the Great American Novel?

How an Unknown Cameroonian Novelist Followed in the Footsteps of Jonathan Franzen
October 26, 2016  By Aaron Bady
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On Border-Crossings, Bicycles, and Appearing Naked on Your Book

Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer Discusses His Newly Translated Novel, La Superba
July 8, 2016  By Aaron Bady
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Is the Caine Prize for Emergent African Writing, or the Best African Writing?

Aaron Bady Reflects on Africa's Top Literary Prize
June 30, 2016  By Aaron Bady
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25 New Books by African Writers You Should Read

Tahar Ben Jelloun, A. Igoni Barrett, Yaa Gyasi, and many more
February 2, 2016  By Aaron Bady
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A Google Tour Through The Underground

How to Read a Russian Novel set in the Moscow Metro
October 21, 2015  By Aaron Bady
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Elena Ferrante: Master of the Epic Anti-Epic

Dante in the Key of Virginia Woolf
September 2, 2015  By Aaron Bady
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