khalidlym.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in French & Francophone Studies at UChicago | Scholar | Writer | Literary Critic | Author: "Nostalgic Rebels" (2025); "Évocation d'un mémorial à Venise" (2023); "Un roman étranger" (2017); | Coeditor : "Abdelkébir Khatibi" (2020)
👤 Joined on 14 November 2024
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@khalidlym.bsky.socialHappy International Translation Day to readers and translators. I stumbled into translation by chance, and now it's a mission. There's still so much great writing by Africans in French that English readers are clueless about. poda-poda.com/interviews/y... #internationaltranslationday
Show PostFor those in central Italy, I will be speaking at Internazionale's Ferrara Festival on Thomas Sankara's legacy. The festival from 2-4 October has a great lineup of speakers, including Pankaj Mishra, Igiaba Scego and Lea Ypi. Full programme here: www.internazionale.it/festival/pro... #Sankara
Show PostFinally! Harare Review of Books, Issue 2, 2026 https://shonatiger.substack.com/p/harare-review-of-books-issue-2-2026?r=18i0sn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Show PostMy new book(FSG, June 2027) explores, among others: John and Alice Coltrane, Ornette, Nina Simone, Bill Dixon, Don Cherry, Mingus, Miles, Hendrix, Abbey Lincoln, Julius Hemphill, Marion Brown, the AACM, Amina Claudine Myers, Jeanne Lee, Tyshawn Sorey, Craig Taborn… us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
Show PostBooks I've read so far this year that I've quite liked: The Mars House by Natasha Pulley Star shipped by Cat Sebastian Venice Requiem by Khalid Lyamlahy A suitable bodyguard/a suitable brat by R. Cooper The Puckboys series by Eden Finley, Saxon James A drop of corruption by R. J. Bennett
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