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03020aam a2200481 i 4500 001 3C349CE8C04311EBA001E02053ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210529010056 008 200828s2021 nyu 000 0aeng 010 $a 2020039782 020 $a 0593329198 020 $a 9780593329191 035 $a (OCoLC)1195819912 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d DLC $d OCLCF $d BDX $d YDX $d FSP $d OCLCO $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Emezi, Akwaeke, $e author. 245 10 $a Dear Senthuran : $b a Black spirit memoir / $c Akwaeke Emezi. 246 30 $a Black spirit memoir 264 1 $a New York : $b Riverhead Books, $c 2021. 300 $a 232 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a A full-throated and provocative memoir in letters from the New York Times-bestselling author of The Death of Vivek Oji, "a dazzling literary talent whose works cut to the quick of the spiritual self" (Esquire). "I want to write as if I am free," Akwaeke Emezi declares in the opening of this utterly original spiritual and creative memoir. In the novels Freshwater and The Death of Vivek Oji, Emezi introduced the landscape of Nigerian childhood through the medium of fiction. Now, the award-winning author lifts the veil of invention to reveal the harrowing yet inspiring truths of their personal, spiritual, and artistic journey--from the social constraints of childhood in Aba, Nigeria, through a lifetime of discoveries involving sexuality, storytelling, and self, to their determination to carve their way through the thorny labyrinth of the publishing world. Interweaving candid, intimate letters to friends, lovers, and family, Emezi reveals the raw pain of their journey as a spirit in the human world, the perils of all-consuming love and intimacy, and the hard-earned reward of achieving both literary recognition and a peaceful, joyous home. Electrifying and radically honest, animated by the same voracious intelligence that distinguishes their fiction, Dear Senthuran is a revelatory account of what it means to embody multiple spirits, to fight for survival, and to bend the world to one's will-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Emezi, Akwaeke. 650 0 $a Authors, Nigerian $y 21st century $v Biography. 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 15 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417020405.0 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314022451.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010022950.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20221217010640.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909064707.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220802020522.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20220105011025.0 952 $l BJPD251 $d 20211215025321.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20211201010352.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20210910010316.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20210803015158.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20210713014204.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20210629010443.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20210612010234.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210529010525.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3C349CE8C04311EBA001E02053ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search