AKWAEKE EMEZI
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Ududeagu, 2014
Hey Celestial, 2014
Waiting All Night, 2014
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You Made A Fool Of Death With Your Beauty (Amazon)
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SELECTED PRESS
TIME MAGAZINE —
‘My Job in the Revolution Is as a Storyteller.’ Akwaeke Emezi Is Writing New Possibilities Into Being
GOOD MORNING AMERICA —
This week’s ‘GMA’ Buzz Pick is ‘The Death of Vivek Oji’ by Akwaeke Emezi
DEADLINE —
Amazon, Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society Land Akwaeke Emezi Novel ‘You Made A Fool Of Death With Your Beauty’
VARIETY —
FX to Develop Series Adaptation of Akwaeke Emezi’s ‘Freshwater’ With Tamara P. Carter
NPR ALL THINGS CONSIDERED —
'Vivek Oji' Is Very Much Alive In This Boundary-Breaking New Novel
THE WASHINGTON POST (Book Review) —
'‘The Death of Vivek Oji’ explores lives outside society’s expectations'
THE NEW YORK TIMES (Book Review) —
'His Family Misses Him. But Did They Ever Really Know Him?'
NPR (Book Review) —
Love Triumphs Over Death In 'The Death Of Vivek Oji'
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY —
'Akwaeke Emezi Previews New Nigeria-Set Novel
The Death Of Vivek Oji
'
THE NEW YORK TIMES —
‘This Is a Possibility’: Akwaeke Emezi Writes a Trans Story Where Nobody Gets Hurt
THE NEW YORK TIMES (Book Review) —
'In This Genre-Bending Novel, You Better Believe the Monsters Are Real'
TEEN VOGUE —
'Akwaeke Emezi on "Pet" and on Making a Better World for Their Protagonist, a Black Trans Girl Named Jam'
KIRKUS REVIEWS —
YA Feature: Akwaeke Emezi
THE NEW YORKER (Book Review) —
A Startling Début Novel Explores the Freedom of Being Multiple
THE GUARDIAN —
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi - a remarkable debut
(review by Ayòbámi Adébáyò)
VOGUE MAGAZINE —
5 Families Who Are Changing The World As We Know It
THE NEW YORKER —
Briefly Noted
THE NEW YORK TIMES —
The Coming of Age of Trans-Lit
THE NEW YORK TIMES (Book Review) —
In This Debut Novel, a College Student Hears Voices
L.A. TIMES —
A dazzling, devastating novel: 'Freshwater' by Akwaeke Emezi
SEATTLE TIMES —
Freshwater’: a bewitching tale of gods and a girl coming of age
VOX —
Freshwater is an electric debut novel from a major new talent
THE RUMPUS —
Uncovering Buried Roots: Akwaeke Emezi’s
Freshwater
TOR.COM —
Of Gods and Men:
Freshwater
by Akwaeke Emezi
TORONTO STAR —
Akwaeke Emezi’s debut novel Freshwater ‘stunning, disorienting’
BROADLY —
The Nonbinary Author Centering African Narratives Erased by Colonialism
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