This month’s pick: How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue.

Set in Kosawa, a fictional African village, it follows a community standing up to an American oil company that is poisoning its land and its children. It is a story about resistance, loss and what we owe one another, told by the people who lived it.

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Meet the author: Imbolo Mbue’s official site · Fresh Air interview (NPR) · The PEN Pod · Libro.fm interview