Seriously good work on all fronts. I spent a year in Morocco, mostly living with or among Moroccans (& am no expert ofc, & know little of Algeria) but the details, the ambience she evoked, & the anticolonial history she draws from for fictionalizing were 🔥.

And her craft, my god, is breathtaking

Same! I forgot my book when I flew cross country a while back (I never fly w/o a book) so I bought Anita in an airport bookstore (never buy books there) & almost finished it on the flight, so I bought Olga as soon as I got home & blazed through it too

That article is astonishing. Here’s a link to read without giving your data away

archive.ph/pz0gg

There have been countless legitimate reasons to bring Summers down over the past 30+ years.

May this be the one to finally do so

And so endlessly reformed & reinvented. Resilient in the worst sense of the word.

Also, I suspected you had that unforgettable quote in mind!

The Magic of the Lost trilogy, by CL Clark. The third one just dropped in Sept.
Anticolonial resistance networks in a Maghreb-like region, practicing complex regional magics, featuring deeply researched history & culture, exquisite world-building, & sword lesbians, among other delights

I also loved González’s Olga Dies Dreaming, & am happy to learn her next novel will come in the spring

I’m with you on The Night Watchman

I was going to recommend American War too!

Classic Summers:
"The economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to that... I've always thought that under-populated countries in Africa are vastly underpolluted."

—1991 World Bank memo, as VP of…destroying economies, basically

Needed this today, amidst so much decline, devastation, & loss.

Thank you 🙏🏼