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 First edition (US) | |
| Author | Akwaeke Emezi |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Memoir |
| Publisher | Riverhead Books (US) Faber & Faber (UK) |
| Publication date | June 8, 2021 |
| Publication place | Nigeria |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | 9780593329191 |
| Preceded by | The Death of Vivek Oji |
| Website | Official website |
Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir is a 2021 memoir written by Nigerian author Akwaeke Emezi. It was first published in 2021 by Riverhead Books in the United States and Faber and Faber in the United Kingdom.[1][2][3]
In 2022, it won the Israel Fishman Nonfiction Stonewall Book Award.[4]
Reception
[edit]A writer for The New York Times, Kim Tran, describes the book as “a metaphysical journey told through Igbo cosmology.”[5] Akwaeke Emezi, who grew up in Aba, invites the reader to “imagine being ogbanje, like me.”[6] Shondaland calls the author, “[One] of our greatest living writers.”[7]
"Akwaeke Emezi writes transformative, transfixing letters to themselves in a magnificent reimagining of what a memoir can and should be," Times Magazine, in their 100 must read books of 2021.[8]
"A full-throated and provocative memoir in letters from the New York Times-bestselling author of The Death of Vivek Oji, a dazzling literary talent whose works cut to the quick of the spiritual self," Esquire writes.[9]
References
[edit]- ↑ Habila, Helon (July 29, 2021). "Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi review – a series of fights". The Guardian. Archived from the original on July 29, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
- ↑ Aderemi, Adewojumi (June 10, 2021). "AKWAEKE EMEZI PUBLISHES THEIR MEMOIR, DEAR SENTHURAN: A BLACK SPIRIT MEMOIR". The Native. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
- ↑ Williams, Keishel (June 19, 2021). "Akwaeke Emezi's memoir is a healing ritual for the displaced". Washington Post. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
- ↑ "Stonewall Book Awards List | Rainbow Roundtable". www.ala.org. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
- ↑ "A Simple Introduction to Igbo Cosmology". ⊙ma's Garden. Retrieved April 8, 2026.
- ↑ Tran, Kim (June 7, 2021). "Akwaeke Emezi: 'Imagine Being Ogbanje, Like Me'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 8, 2026.
- ↑ "DEAR SENTHURAN". Akwaeke Emezi. Retrieved April 8, 2026.
- ↑ Time Magazine. "Dear Senthuran". time.com. Retrieved April 8, 2026.
- ↑ Emezi, Akwaeke. Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir. Faber & Faber, Limited. ISBN 978-0-571-36614-9.
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