by TJ Benson | Apr 30, 2021 | Fiction, Prose, Short Stories
He has told the fifteen year old girl that he doesn’t want to see her again. She won’t listen. She has chased him all over the cheap hotels of Rio de Janeiro. His love, she insists, is all she needs. What does a fifteen year old girl know about love? Two weeks...
by Joshua Chizoma | Apr 30, 2021 | Fiction, Prose
It was the shoes that Petra noticed first. Low-heeled, polished pair of black shoes.The kind of shoes one wore to a teaching job, or as a teller in a bank. Coupled with the medium-length black skirt and button-down white shirt, the woman had an almost severe air about...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Apr 26, 2021 | Gist Corner
The winners of the Sheikh Zayed Book Awards have been announced. The award is presented to Arab writers, intellectuals, and...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Apr 26, 2021 | Gist Corner
The AKO Caine Prize for African Writing has announced that it...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Apr 26, 2021 | Gist Corner
Bernardine Evaristo’s Ragazza, Donna, Altro (Girl, Woman, Other) translated by Martina Testa (Sur), and Maaza Mengiste’s Il Re Ombra (The Shadow King) translated by Anna Nadotti (Einaudi) are on the 2021 longlist for the Premio Gregor von Rezzori Prize. The prize is...
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