Stories Are All about Taking up Space: A Conversation with Ekemini Pius, by Darlington Chibueze Anuonye Interviews [email protected] Thu, 07/20/2023 - 15:08 Photo by Offlong EkpenyongThe first week of July, the Caine Prize for African Writing released its shortlist for this year’s edition of the prize. Among the nominated short stories is Ekemini Pius’s “Daughters, By Our Hands,” a speculative fiction that imagines a world in which women live and reproduce without contact with men. Pius is a Nigerian writer and editor who lives in Calabar, Nigeria. His works have been published in the Kendeka Prize for African Literature anthology, the K & L Prize anthology, Afro Literary Magazine, and Isele Magazine. His story “Time and Bodies” was shortlisted for the 2021 Kendeka Prize for African Literature. He was also shortlisted for the 2022 Awele Creative Trust Short Story Prize. He is an alumnus of the 2019 Wawa Literary Fellowship and was a finalist for the 2022 Guest Artist Space Fellowship. In this conversation, Darlington Chibueze Anuonye chats with Pius on the inspiration and aspiration of his story. Darlington Chibueze Anuonye: Hi, Ekemini. Congratulations on your Caine Prize shortlist. Where were you when you heard about the news? And how did it make you feel? Ekemini Pius: Thank you, Darlington. I was about going to bed when I received the email. It was a special, tingling feeling. I still haven’t got over it. Darlington:... Continue reading at 'World Literature Today'
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