“When the cat spoke he never moved his mouth. His voice seemed to come from his throat in much the same way a purr might, but this voice was clear, full of a calm levelness that was measured and precise, wise and never wasteful with its speech.”

— Bajabar, House of Rust

This is a beautiful work. The 2022 Ursula K. Le Guin Award went to Khadija Abdalla Bajabar for House of Rust, published by Graywolf Press. https://lithub.com/khadija-abdalla-bajabar-has-won-the-ursula-k-le-guin-prize-for-fiction/

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