Sci-fi writer Samatar (The Winged Histories) strays from her imagined worlds to excavate a very real past in this fascinating look at her religious heritage. In the summer of 2016, the author—a ...
From PEN Award winner Samatar (The White Mosque) comes a brutal, haunting, yet ultimately uplifting novella examining capitalism and labor exploitation through the lens of science fiction. “The boy,” ...
NEWARK — Longtime Rutgers professor and prominent Somali scholar Said Samatar died Tuesday at 71, according to the university. Born in a remote section of Ethiopia inhabited by Somalis, Samatar spent ...