"I wish I could say she looked like her old self. Suffice to say she looked well. None of us look like our old selves.…"

"Keep your faith within your heart even if your tongue is forced to say otherwise."

"I do sometimes think of my books as food that I am serving to readers. A dish full of flavor with a moody texture and…"

"When it’s fair trade, it’s blessed, and when it’s unfair it’s an injustice. That is the way of the world. Everyone wa…"

"Fiction is fueled by love and anger—my love for my father and his own love for his family and country fueled Lyrics A…"

"In my mid-twenties, I moved from Sudan to Scotland. The trauma of that move was the catalyst that launched my journey…"

"Eurocentric literature is also Christian-centric no matter how much writers and readers regard it as secular or human…"

"In my fiction, I am looking for a place of compassion, a place in which the traveler can share the baggage they carri…"

"The role of art should be to bear witness to the truth no matter how complex or disturbing or dangerous."

"Free, heart tight, expectant, in love, she was not sure what her position would be in the household, not sure about m…"