Anderson Tepper

Anderson Tepper is co-chair of the International Committee of the Brooklyn Book Festival and host of a global author series with BPL Presents at the Brooklyn Public Library. His writing has appeared in the New York Times Book Review, Vanity Fair, and Words Without Borders, among other places.

A Deep Bow to Mombasa (and Sea Monsters): A Conversation with Khadija Abdalla Bajaber

November 15, 2021 | Anderson Tepper

Khadija Abdalla Bajaber’s astonishing debut novel, The House of Rust, winner of the inaugural Graywolf Press Africa Prize, arrived in October as if on a magical wave, imbued wit...
Keeping a Critical Eye on Brazil: A Conversation with Emilio Fraia

August 9, 2021 | Anderson Tepper

Emilio Fraia’s Sevastopol, out this summer from New Directions, is the sort of book that beguiles and dazzles in equal measure. Consisting of three disparate stories—of a m...
“Silence Became My Mother Tongue”: A Conversation with Sulaiman Addonia

May 18, 2021 | Anderson Tepper

Photo of Sulaiman Addonia by Alexander Meeus. For me, one of the most astounding books of this past year—which may have slipped your attention due to the pandemic—was Silence Is My Mother...
Pacing the Lion’s Path in Cuba: A Conversation with Carlos Manuel Álvarez

March 29, 2021 | Anderson Tepper

Carlos Manuel Álvarez’s debut novel, The Fallen—a withering portrait of a Cuban family with conflicting visions of their country and their roles within it—was published in June 2020...
“Learning Again How to Live”: A Conversation with Ivorian Writer Véronique Tadjo

March 9, 2021 | Anderson Tepper

Véronique Tadjo / Photo © Odile Motelet Beginning in March 2014 and lasting for roughly two years, the Ebola outbreak ravaged the West African countries of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leo...