7 Arab and Arab Diasporic Novels about Storytellers
Stories that counter-colonize the Western narrative and reclaim cultural agency

Stories that counter-colonize the Western narrative and reclaim cultural agency
In Julia Langbein's novel "American Mermaid," a writer's Hollywood adaptation of her book goes hilariously awry
"On the Rooftop" from BEIJING SPRAWL by Xu Zechen, recommended by Jeremy Tiang
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Gina Apostol’s novel “La Tercera” blurs the line between traitors and heroes to ask hard questions about complicity
Curl up with a mocktail and Claire Vaye Watkins “I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness” while you search for home
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"On the Rooftop" from BEIJING SPRAWL by Xu Zechen, recommended by Jeremy Tiang
Two poems by Jared Harél
"The Last Unmapped Places" from HERE IN THE NIGHT by Rebecca Turkewitz, recommended by Wynter K Miller for Electric Literature