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Monday, April 21, 2014
Author, Okey Ndibe a BCALA-CT Selected Author at CLA 2014
Nigerian author Okey Ndibe will be a guest speaker for BCALA-CT at the 2014 Connecticut Library Association (CLA) Conference on Tuesday, April 29th at 11:30am at the Crowne Plaza Hartford, Cromwell, CT.
Mr. Ndibe will discuss his latest work, a story of a New York -based Nigerian cab driver who sets out to steal an ancient war deity statue from his village in “Foreign Gods, Inc."
Mr. Ndibe is a novelist, political columnist and essayist. His previous novel is called "Arrows of Rain" was published in 2000. His bio can be found here.
~ Foreign Gods, Inc NY Times Book Review by Janet Maslin, 12/30/2013
~ The Great God Heist - Review of Okey Ndibe's Foreign Gods Inc, 1/27/2014
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
NYT Essay: Writers Like Me
BOOKS / SUNDAY BOOK REVIEW | July 1, 2007
Essay: Writers Like Me
By MARTHA SOUTHGATE
For most black authors, the writing life rarely unfolds the way it does for so many white writers you could name.
I am a 46-year-old writer of “literary” fiction. I’ve had three novels published — the first for young people, the last two for adults. All have won minor prizes, been respectfully reviewed and sold modestly. I’ve been awarded a few fairly competitive fellowships and grants. The business is full of fiction writers like me. With one difference: I’m black, born and raised in the United States. At the parties and conferences I attend, and in the book reviews I read, I rarely encounter other African-American “literary” writers, particularly in my age bracket. There just don’t seem to be that many of us out there, and that’s something I’ve come to wonder about a great deal. more...
Essay: Writers Like Me
By MARTHA SOUTHGATE
For most black authors, the writing life rarely unfolds the way it does for so many white writers you could name.
I am a 46-year-old writer of “literary” fiction. I’ve had three novels published — the first for young people, the last two for adults. All have won minor prizes, been respectfully reviewed and sold modestly. I’ve been awarded a few fairly competitive fellowships and grants. The business is full of fiction writers like me. With one difference: I’m black, born and raised in the United States. At the parties and conferences I attend, and in the book reviews I read, I rarely encounter other African-American “literary” writers, particularly in my age bracket. There just don’t seem to be that many of us out there, and that’s something I’ve come to wonder about a great deal. more...
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