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Acts of love and philosophy: In conversation with Irenosen Okojie
- Source: Short Fiction in Theory & Practice, Volume 12, Issue The Health of the Short Story: Part 1, Apr 2022, p. 111 - 123
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- 01 Apr 2022
Abstract
An interview with leading British fiction-writer Irenosen Okojie, transcribed and edited following a Zoom conversation with Lucy Dawes Durneen in December 2021 in Cambridge. It also includes questions from creative writing students. Okojie discusses her own practice as short story writer, including the choice of titles and short story endings, and issues of representation facing Black writers, especially in relation to female characters. She also discusses her non-fiction as a method of dealing with trauma and feelings of vulnerability.
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