Fresh off the triumph of her Seasonal Quartet and “Companion Piece,” Ali Smith, one of our greatest literary authors, now offers a prophecy of her own: “Gliff,” a tricksy masterwork that straddles ...
Recently, just before lunch with the Scottish author Ali Smith, at Moro, a beloved North African and Mediterranean place in London’s Exmouth Market, I locked myself out of my new phone.
Where are my car keys?” Let that sink in. Ali wasn’t just a role—it became a test of physical endurance for Smith. The punch had Smith questioning his life’s priorities at that moment ...