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Blogs in July 2020

Shifting Allegiances 28th July 2020

A wonderful first person narrative of a Nigerian girl’s impressions of America and the effects of culture shock. Deka has had a difficult life in Nigeria. The most populous nation in Africa suffers from corruption and rampant poverty. She...

Under the Udala Trees 28th July 2020

Inspired by Nigeria’s folktales and its war, Under the Udala Trees is a deeply searching, powerful debut about the dangers of living and loving openly. Ijeoma comes of age as her nation does; born before independence, she is eleven...

Real Life 28th July 2020

Wallace has spent his summer in the lab breeding a strain of microscopic worms. He is four years into a biochemistry degree at a lakeside Midwestern university, a life that’s a world away from his childhood in Alabama. His...

Apeirogon 28th July 2020

Rami Elhanan and Bassam Aramin live near one another – yet they exist worlds apart. Rami is Israeli. Bassam is Palestinian. Rami’s license plate is yellow. Bassam’s license plate is green. It takes Rami fifteen minutes to drive to...

Who They Was 28th July 2020

This is a story of a London you won’t find in any guidebooks. This is a story about what it’s like to exist in the moment, about boys too eager to become men, growing up in the hidden war...