“As a gay African, with a background in analytic philosophy, the most annoying opposition to my sexual orientation is the claim that my lifestyle is un-African. It is annoying...”
CONGRATS to our two Riverhead Geniuses! Junot Diaz and Dinaw Mengestu have been named 2012 MacArthur Fellows, also known as the “genius grants.”
Inside a Traditional Ugandan Wedding
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Every tribe has a unique culture and this applies especially to the traditional Ugandan weddings of each. Here’s an...
“You don’t write about the horrors of war. No. You write about a kid’s burnt socks lying in the road.”
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Richard Price (via writingquotes)
↳ This is the truest thing about...
Bird by Bird is a great writing book, we used it as a textbook in one of my fiction classes.
“You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so...”