Los Angeles Review of Books has published a feature exploring how queer Nigerian writers are portraying the male body. Entitled “Queer Nigerians Rewrite the Body,” and written by the American journalist and World Literature Today contributing editor Erik Gleibermann, the essay highlights the push-back from a new generation of self-conscious artists against stereotypical narratives that […]
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Los Angeles Review of Books Feature Explores How Queer Nigerian Writers Are Reclaiming the Male Body
Brittle Paper at the 2019 Lambda Festival: Our 5 Panelists for Sept. 27
As revealed earlier this month, Brittle Paper will be at the 2019 Lambda Literary Festival in Los Angeles, on Friday, September 27. We will be featured in an event focused both on our curatorial work in African literature and on the work of queer writers and the evolution of representations of queerness in Nigerian literature. This year’s […]
EVENT | Brittle Paper Panel at 2019 Lambda Literary Festival in Los Angeles: Sept. 27
Brittle Paper will be at the 2019 Lambda Literary Festival in Los Angeles, on Friday, September 27. We will be featured in an event focused both on our curatorial work in African literature and on the work of queer writers and the evolution of representations of queerness in Nigerian literature. Currently in its third year, […]
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