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"Tunde might desire a story that has a beginning, a middle, and an end, but Cole is far more interested in constructing a novel that rejects such structures." Tope Folarin in The Nation's Fall Books issue on Teju Cole and the forking paths of autofiction thenation.com/article/cultur…

For The Nation's Fall Books issue I write about Teju Cole's latest novel, and where autofiction—and fiction in general—might go next. thenation.com/article/cultur…

I like how Tope Folarin poses autofiction as a reaction to digital tech / AI in this review of Teju Cole thenation.com/article/cultur…

For Post Book World, I wrote about a great new book called “The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts" by Gregg Hecimovich. It's about a Black woman who wrote an autobiographical novel based on her life as a slave and Hecimovich's efforts to uncover more about her. washingtonpost.com/books/2023/11/…

Such a pleasure to review such a great book!

For The Atlantic, I wrote about Justin Torres's National Book Award winning novel BLACKOUTS. It's a wonder. theatlantic.com/books/archive/…

Really grateful for the opportunity to write about Édouard Louis' latest book, CHANGE, for The Atlantic. Here, I speculate about his strategy of retreading the same territory in his work. theatlantic.com/books/archive/…

For New York Times Books, I reviewed THE BLACK BOX, the latest by Henry Louis Gates Jr. It's astute and timely, and has a great deal to say about how African American history and literature shape our reality today. nytimes.com/2024/03/19/boo…

For The Nation I wrote about Vinson Cunningham's debut novel, Great Expectations. Really enjoyed it, but not for the reasons I expected. thenation.com/article/cultur…

Claire Messud’s new novel tells a complicated and ambivalent story about her French family’s history in Algeria—but it’s much more than a family saga, writes Tope Folarin. theatlantic.com/books/archive/…

I wrote about Claire Messud's latest book—a sprawling, multigenerational novel that wrestles with form in interesting ways—for The Atlantic. theatlantic.com/books/archive/…

More than a chronicle of the early Obama years, Vinson Cunningham's new novel Great Expectations is a novel about the coming of age of an artist. Tope Folarin in Spring Books thenation.com/article/cultur…

Whiting winner Tope Folarin review GREAT EXPECTATIONS by Vinson Cunningham, which he calls "indispensable" for its ability to "pull readers into a story that some might otherwise avoid." Read the full review in Books and the Arts: buff.ly/3QKktsI

Whiting winner Tope Folarin reviews Claire Messud's latest -- a sprawling, multigenerational novel that wrestling with form -- for The Atlantic buff.ly/3ypKJ5G

Congratulations to Prof Wole Soyinka @ 90 in this picture he was 81 and in conversation with myself, Tope Folarin and Seffi Attah in Lagos

Really enjoyed this conversation. Thanks so much for the opportunity, Bethanne.

I'm really grateful I had a chance to write about Scholastique Mukasonga, a writer I've admired for quite some time. Her latest is a nuanced examination of women and Christianity in Rwanda in the 1950s. I believe she asks questions that apply everywhere.

This is tonight! Please come. Hillary Kelly Tope Folarin Kevin Lozano zoë hu in conversation with Adam Dalva . It'll be an amazing discussion of the state of being a book critic now. Sponsored by Freelance Solidarity Project and the National Book Critics Circle (National Book Critics Circle )