SOONER OR LATER in life—at one’s very last breath perhaps—something welcomes one to the world again; its strangeness; its shock; its cruelty; and its implausibility. I didn’t get this sort of welcome in Lagos; I got it in the faraway North, Kano. I was thirteen. We (my two younger brothers, my mum and I) lived […]
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Foodie Photographer
Ainehi asked me to write a little blurb for the re-launch of her blog. So I thought I would try and come up with something fun about my self, my cooking, and photography. Finding Photography: My journey to things I love doing started in the crazy weight loss inducing days of grad school. Seriously, if […]
Sugar — The Darkish Side
Today, we’re talking about sugar. But what’s the connection here? What does sugar have to do with novels? Well, novels are helpful little things because they give us models for thinking about things in life. Maybe that’s why even though I have all things sweet on my mind, I can’t help thinking about crazy […]
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