LitFest 2025: Books From My Country You Should Know

What are we missing when we limit the literary canon to American works? In this reading and discussion City of Asylum Writers-in-Residence share the books and writers from their home countries—Algeria Egypt Haiti and Ukraine—that made an impact on their respective literary scenes and that all US readers should add to their lists. With Olena Boryshpolets (Ukraine) Bertony Louis (Haiti) Anouar Rahmani (Algeria) & Mukhtar Shehata (Egypt)

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