May Newsletter

Our May newsletter, featuring new fiction from Gabriela Ybarra, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi in the Los Angeles Times, and María Sonia Cristoff’s False Calm is a finalist for the Firecracker Awards for creative nonfiction.

Transit NewsTransit BooksMay 31, 2019Mariana Dimópulos, All My Goodbyes, Let's Tell This Story Properly, The Paris Review, Jennifer Makumbi, Ugandan Literature, Manchester Happened, Lit Hub, Bay Area Book Festival, The Dinner Guest, Gabriela Ybarra, Natasha Wimmer

April Newsletter

Our April newsletter, featuring new fiction from Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Transit at the Bay Area Book Festival, Esther Kinsky’s River shortlisted for the Helen and Kurt Wolff Prize, and more.

Transit NewsTransit BooksApril 30, 2019Mariana Dimópulos, All My Goodbyes, Let's Tell This Story Properly, The Paris Review, Jennifer Makumbi, Ugandan Literature, Manchester Happened, Lit Hub, Bay Area Book Festival

The New York Times on Kintu

Julian Lucas discusses Kintu and curses in an essay on recent African literature for The New York Times.

ReviewsTransit BooksJanuary 7, 2019New York Times, Transit Books, Kintu, Jennifer Makumbi, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Julian Lucas, African Literature, Ugandan Literature

Makumbi Wins $165,000 Windham-Campbell Prize

"This prize for me is like having been working without pay for a long time and then someone comes a long and says, 'Will a salary for the past ten years do?' Then you're left speechless," Makumbi said.

AwardsTransit BooksFebruary 15, 2018Jennifer Makumbi, Windham Campbell Prize, African Literature, Kintu