The Face: Cartography of the Void
Chris Abani has lived in several places and been assumed to be of numerous and widely varying origins, ethnicities and parentage. In this excerpt from his memoir, he pauses to trace the map of being in the realm of “neither, nor”. Call OTHER BROTHER: Hey, G. says you’re asking for face jokes. ME: Not really. […]
Lagos: A Pilgrimage in Notations
Having lived away from Nigeria for most of his adult life – first in London then Los Angeles – poet, novelist, storyteller, Chris Abani returned to his homeland and responded with words. It begins like this. In London, in a Turkish restaurant, peering into the thick sludge in the bottom of my coffee cup, nine […]