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Taiye Selasi Reads “Firstborn Immigrant Daughter”

Taiye Selasi reads her story “Firstborn Immigrant Daughter,” from the July 8, 2026, issue of the magazine. Selasi is an author and photographer. Her début novel, “Ghana Must Go,” a New York Times best-seller, was published in 2013, the year she was named one of the best young Bri ...  Show more

Ayşegül Savaş Reads “Many Worlds”

Ayşegül Savaş reads her story “Many Worlds,” from the June 1, 2026, issue of the magazine. Savaş is the author of five books, including the novels “White on White” and “The Anthropologists”; a nonfiction work, “The Wilderness”; and the story collection “Long Distance,” which was ...  Show more

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