Julia Lichtblau

Julia Lichtblau is a writer living in Brooklyn, NY.

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West Africa’s New Wave

African influence is resurgent in world fashion, music, visual arts, and, increasingly, literature. Two new novels demonstrate the continent’s cultural vitality.

By Julia Lichtblau

June 10, 2019

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A Miracle May Happen

Tatyana Tolstaya is a formidable figure in Russian literary culture, and her dark, foreboding new collection of short stories defies conventional narrative forms

By Julia Lichtblau

August 3, 2018

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