V.V. Ganeshananthan

Oct 29, 2024 | nytimes.com | V.V. Ganeshananthan

SISTER DEBORAH, by Scholastique Mukasonga. Translated by Mark Polizzotti. In Scholastique Mukasonga's new novel, "Sister Deborah," Black American evangelists arrive in 1930s Rwanda with good tidings: A "Black Savior" - perhaps a "Celestial Woman" - is coming to the village of Nyabikenke, and soon, to bring Black people a bountiful harvest and salvation.

Apr 19, 2024 | bookbub.com | V.V. Ganeshananthan

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Mar 12, 2024 | news.columbia.edu | R.O. Kwon |V.V. Ganeshananthan

In her first memoir, Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story, Leslie Jamison, the head of the nonfiction concentration in the Writing Program at School of the Arts, turns her powers of perception on some of the most intimate relationships of her life. In examining her love for her young daughter, her ruptured marriage, and the legacy of her parents’ complicated bond, Jamison explores what it means for a woman to be many things at once—a mother, an artist, a teacher, a lover.

Feb 26, 2024 | nytimes.com | V.V. Ganeshananthan

What to Read February Releases Critics' Reviews Editors' Choice 100 Notable Books What to Read February Releases Critics' Reviews Editors' Choice 100 Notable Books "A Woman of Pleasure," Kiyoko Murata's first novel to be translated into English, explores the world of sex work in early-20th-century Japan. When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. A WOMAN OF PLEASURE, by Kiyoko Murata. Translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter.

Dec 21, 2023 | nybooks.com | Walter Isaacson |Annelyse Gelman |Elisa Gonzalez |V.V. Ganeshananthan

Ultra Hardcore If Walter Isaacson’s new book inflates the scale of Elon Musk’s contributions to humanity, it also understates the amount of damage inflicted on actual humans along the way.