Amity Gaige’s fifth novel Heartwood has been named a Notable Book of 2025 by The New York Times. Heartwood has also been named a best book of 2025 by The Washington Post,...
Modern Language Association Prize for a First Book Winners
2024
Joseph Albernaz, Columbia University, for Common Measures: Romanticism and the Groundlessness of Community...
Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for South Asian Studies
Priyasha Mukhopadhyay, Yale University, for Required Reading: The Life of Everyday Texts in the British Empire (...
This volume provides scholars and students with a birds-eye view of the stories African literature has told about itself. It elaborates on Africa’s contributions to an...