The Czech writer didn’t only leave us The Unbearable Lightness of Being, he wrote a series of playful, philosophical books examining relationships, sex and mortality
May 2018
Books that made me
Taiye Selasi: 'I'm ashamed not to have read The Color Purple'
The author recalls being inspired by Arundhati Roy, rereading Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being and why no book is overrated
November 2016
Book of the day
Swing Time by Zadie Smith review – a classic story of betterment
Two childhood friends from London follow diverging paths in Smith’s finest novel yet
August 2016
A life in ...
Teju Cole talks to Taiye Selasi: ‘Afropolitan, American, African. Whatever’
The authors discuss translation, ‘travelling while black’ and how to avoid classification
July 2015
Taiye Selasi: stop pigeonholing African writers
Why must writers from Africa always bear the burden of representing their continent? They should be granted artistic freedom, as other authors are
