The Caine Prize for African Writing is back and, as we did last year, we’ll be joining Aaron Bady’s community to discuss what makes the five finalists tick. This week’s entry comes from Nigeria: Tope Folarin’s simultaneously credulous and incredulous “Miracle.”
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Everyone from Galileo to Jim Morrison to countless Scrabble wordsmiths have played around with letters to form their perfect anagrams. We take literary-minded words and anagram them to find ... well, that's up to you. A deeper meaning? A hidden truth? Or just a happy coincidence?
Read MoreIn the spirit of ironically saving kid literature, here are five examples of when Pooh is just Pooh, but if Pooh and Crew were around today, who/what they would be doing (but not like that, because we’re kids, remember).
Read MoreThis is my cousin Sasha, toddler and avid reader (or being-read-to-er). This is his review of the modern classic I Want My Hat Back, by Jon Klassen.
Read MoreWe eavesdropped on some choice tid-bits at BEA, and here they are, presented without comment.
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