She will also hold an affiliated status in the Comparative Literature and Translation Studies Department and within the Department of Italian. McIntosh Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing. It took ten years to write this book, and I want to enjoy this moment.NEW YORK, ApJhumpa Lahiri ’89 is inarguably one of the most critically acclaimed authors of the 21st century, and Barnard College is thrilled to welcome her back - three decades after she was a student here - as the Millicent C. ”Five Novels with Interracial Love,” interview with Jane Ciabattari, Book Marks.Īcker’s ly rical book raises complex questions about assimilation, progress and tradition, as well as the pull of familial duties and the drive for self-fulfillment. The books below are all superb, affecting, culturally rich novels that also have the virtue of portraying the individuals in intercultural relationships as idiosyncratic, well-rounded people (and not reduced to cultural ideals/types even in times of stress and breakdown). Interview with Galit Gottlieb in LitHub via New Books Network. They’re so vivid that I continue to think about them and bring them throughout the story. Wild animals play such a large role in our imagination. Interview with Hannah Gersen in The Millions I wasn’t sure how I was going to crawl my way out of either of those situations. I didn’t know what was wrong with me physically I didn’t know what was wrong with my book. Review in the Washington Independent Review of Books. Jennifer Acker is an emerging novelist to keep an eye on, one in conversation with writers like Anne Tyler, Alice Munro, and Tessa Hadley. This is an immensely rewarding first novel, with lessons for both the heart and the mind. “Deeply emphathetic and…presents wonderfully complicated humanity.” -Review by Ilana Masad in the Portland Press Herald.Īn enlightening read for anyone who knows or wants to know about Africa or simply, anyone who is interested in human relationships. “When I met Jennifer Acker ten years ago…she had two big dreams.” -Feature by Ada Tseng in the LA Times. “A magnificent achievement.” -Review by Krupa Shandilya in the Los Angeles Review of Books. The 1888 Center (Orange, CA)ĭecember 13, 4-6 pm. In conversation with Susan Straight and Joanna Greenbergĭ ecember 5, 7 pm. University of California Riverside, Round Lab. November 14, The Contemporary Book Club, Jones Library, Amherst, MAĭecember 4, 1-3 pm. In conversation with Susan Scarf Merrell. 50 Washington Square South at 255 Sullivan Avenue. Hagop Kavorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies. Indian American Arts Council Literary Festival “Reading Like a Writer: Setting” with Lauren Acampora, Pablo Medina, and Michelle Hoover 2020 Massachusetts Book Award winners and finalists.ġ:00pm Human Nature Versus Nature / The Climate Conflict, with Amitav Ghosh, Pitchaya Sudbanthad, and Nell Zinkģ:00pm Who? New! With Christine Coulson, Tope Folarin, Stephanie Jimenez, and Peter Mendelsund Details and Zoom registration here.Ĭoncord Lit Fest. Zoom registration here.ġ0th anniversary celebration for The Common. Pandemic Poetics with Tess Taylor and Dana Levin. Literati Bookstore, Ann Arbor, Michigan.įebruary 6. Fans of Jhumpa Lahiri or Yaa Gyasi will want to check out Acker’s elegant saga.” ![]() travels through Kenya move effortlessly through dreamy sequences and feature plenty of difficult ethical questions and tense family drama. ![]() ![]() “Acker unwinds a complex intergenerational story of immigration, culture, family, partnership, and ethics in her skillful debut. “A rare but honest look at the way parents, children, and spouses talk to one another but don’t always hear what’s being said. The backstory of the original migration … offers fascinating insights into the social hierarchies of colonial Africa. …Acker trusts her readers to keep up with challenging ethical theorizing and to be able to handle the unvarnished truth about her characters. “Ambitious in geographical scope and philosophical engagement. Elizabeth Taylor, Th e National Book Review … novel full of characters wrestling with ethical questions has updated the immigration saga with a gaze that looks back to Kenya and carries its own urgent suspense.” Acker is a brainy writer, making associations with British colonialism and touching on philosophy at Harvard, religiosity, and morality, but she also writes with great heart. “Acker’s rich and rewarding debut novel features a generational cultural gap… but reworks the traditional narrative.
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