Simon Gikandi's guest appearances

Simon Gikandi

Being Human

Tommie Shelby

Adriana Helbig

Ursula Heise

Andrea Brady

Michael Chabon

Jeff Williams

Laura Snyder

George Lewis

Peter Holland

Jane Ward

Fred Moten

Jay Aronson

Lee Gutkind

Rob Nixon

Ed Ayers

OwlTail

An interview with Simon Gikandi, professor of English at Princeton University and President of the Modern Language Association (MLA). The interview focuses on Professor Gikandi's life and career, and the role that literature and art played for him growing up in a postcolonial setting. We also discuss the upcoming MLA conference, the theme of which is...Being Human!

<p>An interview with Simon Gikandi, professor of English at Princeton University and President of the Modern Language Association (MLA). The interview focuses on Professor Gikandi's life and career, and the role that literature and art played for him growing up in a postcolonial setting. We also discuss the upcoming MLA conference, the theme of which is...Being Human!</p>

Literature and the Effort of Being Human: An Interview with MLA President Simon Gikandi