Zadie Smith
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Zadie Smith’s Multicultural Fantasy January 27, 2025
In 2023, the formerly edgy became the new canonical. At least that’s what the LRB thought of Zadie Smith’s last book. But was the darling of the Anglo-American literary establishment even edgy to begin with? Surely her debut White Teeth (2000) was al...
Influence and Imitation in Referential Fiction May 29, 2024
I recently saw The Wife of Willesden, the first play by the novelist Zadie Smith. As I walked through the Brooklyn Academy of Music, I noticed the stage had been transformed into a bar. Some members of the audience even seemed to be seated there to f...
