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Friendly City

“Anyone can write about a large city—large cities are open to everyone—but small cities can only be portrayed by people who love them.”

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Sofia Samatar is a writer of fiction and nonfiction, including the memoir The White Mosque, a PEN/Jean Stein Award finalist. Her works range from the award-winning epic fantasy A Stranger in Olondria to Opacities: On Writing and the Writing Life, a National Book Critics Circle Award Longlist selection.

About Sofia Samatar

Conversations

Conversations by Sofia Samatar

On Fantasy and the Poetry of the Past

With Safa Khatib at Words Without Borders

All Conversations with Sofia Samatar