The Cheffe

Kamil Ahsan has a doctorate in biology from the University of Chicago and is currently a doctoral student in history at Yale. His work has appeared in&nbsp;The Nation, NPR,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Dissent,&nbsp;among other places.

Kamil Ahsan

Class-Motivated Self-Hatred: On Marie NDiaye’s “The Cheffe”

"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

Around the World

"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain

Fiction

Meant to Be Understood: On César Aira’s Complete Translated Works

Kamil Ahsan has a doctorate in biology from the University of Chicago and is currently a doctoral student in history at Yale. His work has appeared in&nbsp;The Nation, NPR,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Dissent,&nbsp;among other places.