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Nnedi Okorafor's new memoir, _Broken Places and Outer Spaces_, is due to be out on June 18, and it is my most anticipated book of this summer. Until a few weeks ago, I had never heard about how Okorafor was an athlete until she became paralyzed after an operation, and it was this disability that changed her course toward becoming a writer.
Read this recent Chicago Tribune article for more
Flossmoor. (Being George R.R. Martin's protege doesn't hurt.)

https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ae-nnedi-okorafor-sci-fi-0526-story.html

Thanks for the heads'-up!

Date: 2019-06-07 07:31 pm (UTC)
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Who Fears Death is the only fictional book about rape I've been able to finish--she's an outstanding writer.

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