Pauls Toutonghi, Author at The Millions

Essays

Historical Fiction and the New Literary Taboo

Pauls Toutonghi - 3.17.2016 | 16

Both Alexander Chee and Shawna Yang Ryan took nearly 15 years to complete their novels. Labor on this scale is perhaps the exact antithesis of the genre model of fiction writing -- with the rapacious, regular demands of the marketplace. The bruising deadlines, the concept-driven, pre-packaged product.

Pauls Toutonghi - 3.17.2016 | 16

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Lists Notable Articles

Six Egyptian Writers You Don’t Know But You Should

Pauls Toutonghi - 6.24.2011 | 17

More writers from Egypt made the longlist for the $50,000, 2011 International Arabic Prize for Fiction (IPAF) than writers from any other country. And now it was Egypt's Arab Spring. Where was the work of these men and women, work that was a catalyst for the ongoing social transformation of the largest nation in the Middle East?

Pauls Toutonghi - 6.24.2011 | 17

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