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• [1] Jacquelyn from New York July 21, 2008 - 12:45PM

  Hello there. Three cheers to the wonderful Underappreciated series.

  I just wanted to mention that New York Review Books (NYRB Classics) is reissuing Season of Migration to the North in April of next year.

  www.nyrb.com

  
  
• [2] Katie from Manhattan July 21, 2008 - 12:47PM

  Doesn't this character just fall into the terrible stereotype of the black sexual predator? It doesn't seem very innovative / gripping to me. It sounds like a damaging cliche.

  
  
• [3] Cynthia from Manhattan July 21, 2008 - 01:04PM

  You always mention where listeners can buy books, but you fail to mention they can get them at the library. I have read dozens of books the past few months, all of which I have heard about on NPR and all of which were available from the library. These have been old books, such as "Season of Migration to the North" which you talked about today, as well as the newest books, such as "Standard Operating Procedure" and "Say You're One of Them". In these times of tightening budgets, it's important for people to use the public libraries to keep them open and functioning. Please mention this the next time you talk about any books. Thank you.

  
  
• [4] Peter from Queens July 22, 2008 - 10:36AM

  I heartily second the comment by Cynthia about the availability of books at public libraries. On the show, Leonard said that only two of Salih's books have been translated into English, but in fact there is a third, called Bandarshah (1996 trans.), which is listed at Amazon, but out of print of course... Yet, there is a copy in the Queens Public Library! Also, most public libraries offer a request/search service to locate books in libraries across the country; I've used this service with much success, even for hard-to-find books!