Contributor IM Ismail Muhammad and Niela Orr Ismail Muhammad is The Believer‘s criticism editor. Niela Orr is a deputy editor of The Believer.
A Microinterview with Niela Orr and Ismail Muhammad Ismail Muhammad and Niela Orr Oct 1 2020 In late May 2020, at the very beginning of the George Floyd protests, Niela Orr, one of The Believer's deputy editors, asked Ismail Muhammad, the magazine's criticism editor, ...
Black Talk, Black Feeling: Fiction Roundtable Ismail Muhammad and Niela Orr Aug 24 2020 In the second installment of Black Talk, Black Feeling, we spoke with Namwali Serpell, author of 2019’s award-winning debut novel The Old Drift (and Ismail’s very patient ...
Black Talk, Black Feeling: Media Roundtable Ismail Muhammad and Niela Orr Jul 29 2020 In the late spring, as uprisings bloomed around the murder of George Floyd, we started thinking about Nikki Giovanni, which is to say we were thinking about Black sociality, ...