Afterthoughts: Song for Night by Chris Abani

In a Nutshell: Song for Night offers a vivid and powerful impression of what it may be like to wander a veritable ‘Hell on Earth’, in an African civil war that's left little for salvation. The main character’s ‘visionary interludes’ can … [Read more...]

Forethoughts: Song for Night by Chris Abani

I try to be disciplined in my book reviewing and read books as I receive them. But every now and then a book glints at me from my pile like a fishing lure in a murky pond, and it begs for me to take a bite. One novel that’s been doing that a … [Read more...]