Akwaeke Emezi, Rivers Solomon, and others offer realistic, fantastical, and experimental looks at LGBTQ life. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
“Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir” finds the Nigerian-Tamil author considering their identity. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-06-21 12:00:00 UTC ]
“Dear Senthuran” is an epistolary memoir of gender identity, diaspora and the solitude of success. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-06-08 11:08:44 UTC ]
The awards recognize outstanding literary achievements in 12 categories, including the Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, with winners to be announced April 16. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-03-02 15:00:14 UTC ]
“The Death of Vivek Oji” continues Emezi’s exploration of lives that fracture rigid attitudes about selfhood and sexuality. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-07-28 12:00:00 UTC ]
New deals this week for Holly Goldberg Sloan, Meg Wolitzer, Nahoko Uehashi, Akwaeke Emezi, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
I’m books editor Carolyn Kellogg; welcome to this week’s newsletter. THE BIG STORY Akwaeke Emezi’s dazzling debut novel, “Freshwater,” is about a shattered self, a college-age human whose turmoils are driven by spirits and gods. Emezi, a Nigerian American who has written about having... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Faber & Faber has acquired a "dazzling" debut novel by Akwaeke Emezi which explores "multiple and marginalised realities". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]