Books We Love: Inside The Bubble With Akwaeke Emezi - a podcast by WNYC Studios

The third conversation in our "Books We Love" live Zoom series is with writer and artist Akwaeke Emezi. In the last two years, they've published three books: their critically-acclaimed debut,Freshwater; a young adult novel, Pet; and their newest novel, The Death of Vivek Oji. Their latest book tells the story of Vivek, a young gender-nonconforming person growing up in Nigeria, and how his loved ones grieve him and what they learn about him after his death.

Akwaeke joined me on Zoom from their home in New Orleans to talk about their own childhood in Nigeria, why they now identify as "based in liminal spaces," gardening as a form of self-care, and how the act of dissociation has become a powerful tool for them.

 

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You canwatch the video of this live conversation here, thanks to our friends at The Greene Space. For the first two conversations in this series, you canwatchorlisten to Michael Arceneaux here, andwatchorlisten to Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman here. And be sure tocheck out Akwaeke's home on Instagram. 

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