African American Muslim minister and human rights activist
Valeria Luiselli’s Fourth novel Beginning Middle End follows a narrator touring Europe with her daughter, searching for a narrative arc. Critics note episodic chapters and fragmented structure, yet the work probes memory, myth, and family across Sicily, Germany, and the Netherlands. The narrative struggles to cohere, but it remains a sharp meditation on storytelling itself.
Fans say Tupac Shakur’s legacy endures as the Las Vegas trial of Duane Davis unfolds, with supporters noting the case offers a path to justice and closure decades after the rapper’s 1996 death.