freshwater

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akwaeke emezi: the 'freshwater' author standing on the edge and claiming it as central

Akwaeke Emezi’s extraordinary debut novel 'Freshwater' is the real life tale of a queer, trans, black, African, Nigerian writer as they attempt to navigate the occasionally odd sensation of being alive.
Matthew Whitehouse
12.24.18
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