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In a Sudan Where Literature is Often Smuggled, the Short Story is a Perfect Form

In a Sudan Where Literature is Often Smuggled, the Short Story is a Perfect Form

Marcia Lynx Qualey on the Rise of a Complex, Capacious Literary Genre

By Marcia Lynx Qualey | September 27, 2019

What if you could suddenly understand stories read in seven different languages?

What if you could suddenly understand stories read in seven different languages?

By Marcia Lynx Qualey | July 10, 2019

On Discovering the Lost Manuscripts of Naguib Mahfouz

On Discovering the Lost Manuscripts of Naguib Mahfouz

The Story Collection That Was Hidden in a Box

By Marcia Lynx Qualey | December 11, 2018

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