NEW RELEASE
The White Mosque
A historical tapestry of border-crossing travelers, students, wanderers, martyrs and invaders, The White Mosque is a memoiristic, prismatic record of a journey through Uzbekistan and the strange shifts, encounters, and accidents that combine to create an identity.
Sofia Samatar is the author of five books, most recently the memoir The White Mosque. Her works include the award-winning epic fantasy A Stranger in Olondria and Monster Portraits, an exploration of monsters in collaboration with her brother, the artist Del Samatar.
The White Mosque wins Bernard J. Brommel Award
I’m pleased to announce that The White Mosque is the recipient of the 2023 Bernard J. Brommel Award for Biography and Memoir from the Society…
Midwest: A Conversation with Kate Zambreno
My conversation about the Midwest with Kate Zambreno is now available to read at The New Inquiry. We talk about the Midwest as both geographical…
Mooncalves
I have a short story called “Contact Light” in Mooncalves, an anthology edited by John W. M. Thompson of NO Press. John invited me to…
The White Mosque: A PEN/Jean Stein Award Finalist
I’m thrilled to announce that The White Mosque is a finalist for the 2023 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, which recognizes “a book-length work of…
Readings in the Slantwise Sciences
“Fairies perform five crucial functions for our planet, Herbst told me. They provide food for our dreams; they consume the stagnant waste of…
The White Mosque Longlisted for PEN/Jean Stein Award
Exciting news: The White Mosque is on the longlist for the 2023 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award. The award recognizes “a book-length work of any…
The Quotidian and the Code
When the novel emphasizes the quotidian—when it’s steeped in the random details of daily life, when its myths are subordinated or occluded—it’s a…
Books of the Year: The White Review
Every December, The White Review asks friends and contributors to share the books they’ve enjoyed reading and rereading during the year. My…
On Literature’s Found Objects
Let’s consider writing as the act of injecting the found objects of one’s existence into the fabric of the language. In my third short essay at…
Conversations
On Fantasy and the Poetry of the Past
With Safwan Khatib at Words Without Borders
