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GHOSTROOTS is here! I have feelings! Mama, look, I've emerged! 🐣
Thank you,
@RZAgent
,
@NneomaAmadiobi
&
@wwnorton
for guiding my first book out. Thank you to everyone who's read and about to read, for being gracious with your time and bandwidth in this strange world. 🐐🧣❤️
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10-yr old 'Pemi would be so proud to see this news: my story collection and novel will be published by
@wwnorton
! I'm a different person after writing these books, and I'm excited and terrified for you to meet these Nigerian stories👻
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What? How? Reeling! So thankful! Thank you, thank you! The judges, my editors, Renee, every magazine that pubbed these stories! Unbelievable that Ghostroots is in such stellar company. 💛
We are thrilled to announce the 2024 National Book Awards Longlist for Fiction! |
@NewYorker
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She's wild and weird and coming (to the US) on May 7. I love her.🐐
Thanks to
@wwnorton
's talented team & Day Brièrre for such visceral gorgeous art!
Please share
#GHOSTROOTS
🐐 with your people, and pre-order here:
10-yr old 'Pemi would be so proud to see this news: my story collection and novel will be published by
@wwnorton
! I'm a different person after writing these books, and I'm excited and terrified for you to meet these Nigerian stories👻
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See, I am just so happy to be in such excellent company! An honour to be in this cohort. Thank you,
@CainePrize
for years of celebrating African stories. Thank you,
@chikaunigwe
and the judges for choosing "Breastmilk!"
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May 10, 2024! Ghostroots in Nigeria. 👁️
Thank you
@masobebooks
& Ofuzim Anderson Oriahi for this bold cover. <3
COVER REVEAL!
Ghostroots is a debut collection of twelve dazzling stories set in a hauntingly reimagined Lagos. Aguda’s stories unfold against a spectral cityscape where the everyday business of living-
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Ghostroots is finally out in Nigeria! Thank you
@masobebooks
for making this a reality! 👁️
Please send photos when your books arrive. I'm far from home, and would love to live vicariously through you :)
(Photo's from
@Rovingheights
, one of many bookshops you can buy from~)
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🇳🇬👻💚
Ghostroots in Nigeria, 2024, from Masobe Books!
BREAKING NEWS!
Masobe Books is thrilled to publish Ghostroots, ’Pemi Aguda’s debut collection of stories set in a hauntingly reimagined Lagos, where characters vie for freedom from ancestral ties. These stories reveal starkly different facets of Lagos, grounded in reality,
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Truly can't wait for you to meet the ghostly faces of my debut collection in 3-4 months! 🐐👁️🧬
US pre-order:
UK pre-order:
Nig deets:
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Yay to
@ValeriaLuiselli
choosing "Breastmilk" for a 2022 O. Henry prize! What an outstanding list, and I'm especially pleased to be sitting next to my friend,
@yodelnyc
!
Thank you
@onestorymag
,
@RZAgent
&
@jmintonq
for all your kindnesses. <3
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Thank you for publishing this story,
@onestorymag
! 🖤
There's a short interview at the link, and you can get this issue in print/on kindle.
In ’Pemi Aguda’s “Breastmilk,” a new Nigerian mother, Aduke, finds herself unable to produce breastmilk and comes to believe the problem stems from her unresolved regret about too easily forgiving her husband, Timi, for an affair with his ex-girlfriend.
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A couple of Ghostroots events in Lagos next week! First is with
@Jollz
at Alliance Française. Come say hi!
Rsvp required, please:
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Q: So, how did you two meet?
*giggles*
A: The conductor gave us our change together. Told us to go sort ourselves out. We did.
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"The Hollow" got a 2023 O. Henry Prize! I've gushed about so many names on this list; proud to be part of this group. Thank you
@legroff
for this honour,
@Zoetrope_Mag
for publishing my story, and
@jmintonq
for all the work you do!
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What are your favourite (super) short novels? Bonus points for strangeness, however you define that.
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Two months! 👻🐐
Truly can't wait for you to meet the ghostly faces of my debut collection in 3-4 months! 🐐👁️🧬
US pre-order:
UK pre-order:
Nig deets:
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Ghostroots is one of
@vulture
's best books of 2024 (so far 😅)!
THANK YOU to everyone who's reading and reviewing and sharing~
It's out in the UK tomorrow with
@ViragoBooks
🌠
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Do folks get used to seeing their name in print? Still thrilling. 💛
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May 7 approaches! Finished copies are here! And there's a Goodreads giveaway of Ghostroots from now till May 5! 🐐🧣
Enter here:
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Such a joy to be in this lineup, and in
@Zoetrope_Mag
again! The winter issue has my short story, "The Hollow," which you can read online here:
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One week to Ghostroots! If you're in Philly, come celebrate with me & friends in this gorg space. I'll be talking to
@samanito
about everything ghosts, roots & in-between. Books will be available + my sources confirm that (maybe more importantly) there'll be suya~ RSVP at link ⬇️
Next week, join
@PemiAguda
to launch her debut collection of short stories, Ghostroots! She'll be in conversation with
@samanito
, author of Monstrilio! A book signing will follow~
Register:
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GHOSTROOTS is on Audible now! Narrated by the wonderful
@Dele_Biz
&
@OreApampa
✨✨
I have a few codes to give away, so you can listen for free. If you'd like one, say 👋🏾🐐 and I'll randomly choose tomorrow ~
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Okay, May 7 is not that far away. Scream. Here's a link for a discounted pre-order:
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Out today! Still unbelievable that I'm part of this line-up. Thank you
@ValeriaLuiselli
&
@jmintonq
&
@onestorymag
⚡
Happy Pub Day
@ValeriaLuiselli
and her 29 O. Henry 2022 Winners!
@PemiAguda
@yodelnyc
@ChimamandaReal
@tokarczuk_olga
@jenniferlcroft
@JosephONeillx
@meganalimcd
@maxdaniellawton
@sschweblin
@Adavidryan
@MichelNieva
Thank you
@VintageAnchor
for a gorgeous book!
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Yay, "Masquerade Season" won the Nommo Award for Short Story! Thank you
@africansfs
and everyone open to a little magic 🪄
Story is here:
SHORT STORY
“Masquerade Season” by ‘Pemi Aguda (, March 2021)
@PemiAguda
@chicagoworldcon
#Nommos2022
#NommoAwards
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This gorg colourful beauty is out in the UK today!
We've seen some trade reviews; here are some from my friends:
"so enchanted/thrilled/spooked by every story!"
"it is stupendous."
"I started reading your book. I am obsessed. I am Agnes god help me."
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A lovely lovely review of Ghostroots in the Financial Times! 🪇
"Aguda stirs her cauldron of social criticism, feminism, structural invention and grotesque gothic twists into a triumph of genre-bending storytelling..."
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Saturday sold out--exciteddd. 💛
On Sunday, I'll be at Roving Heights with Judith Atibi at 3pm! No registration needed~
A couple of Ghostroots events in Lagos next week! First is with
@Jollz
at Alliance Française. Come say hi!
Rsvp required, please:
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Everyone who's heard me teach, or go on about the reality-tilting stories I adore, have absolutely heard about
@lmvandenberg
So, what an honour to have her introduce, & talk to me about, Ghostroots in
@poetswritersinc
! There might have been tears. <3
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Ann Arbor, I'll be in conversation with Peter Ho Davies at Literati on Friday. Come say hi!
Super excited to welcome newly longlisted-for-the-National-Book-Award
@PemiAguda
NEXT WEEK, Sept 20th @ 6:30pm!
Congratulations to all on this list!
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Hello! Here are some Ghostroots events for June that I'd love to see you at:
June 17 with Yvette Lisa Ndlovu at Odyssey Books:
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🧡🧡 thank you,
@AppleBooks
!
.
@PemiAguda
's GHOSTROOTS—a debut collection of twelve stories set in a hauntingly reimagined Lagos—is an
@AppleBooks
Best Book of 2024 (So Far)!
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Rounding this up with photos of the first 'novel' I wrote when I was a youngin (illustrated, too!). This writing life still feels like a dream. Thanks for sharing it with me.
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Chatted with the wonderful
@AFREADA
about Ghostroots! ♥️
The 'what if?' ideas came first. What if a last-born son watched a fever kill all the last-born sons on his street? What if a housegirl is kidnapped by a woman with good intentions?
We spoke to
@PemiAguda
about her mesmerising short story collection.
→
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I'm leading this craft intensive w/
@Tin_House
, and I have a bunch of stories that I'm really excited to talk about through this lens! + We'll do writing exercises and hopefully leave with some ideas of how to employ physical/emotional/social crucibles to improve our stories.
In this craft intensive w/
@PemiAguda
, we will explore moments in fiction where characters are restricted to a physical space and moment in time. What can imposed claustrophobia reveal about characters and their motivations?
Sign up:
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"There is no right way to move in Aguda’s world. It is a world haunted, burdened—and fascinating, for anyone brave enough to dive into her evocative, eerie stories."
Thankful for this review,
@ChicagoRevBooks
The characters in this "rich, uncanny" short story collection by ‘Pemi Aguda are haunted by mothers. GHOSTROOTS (
@wwnorton
)
reviewed by
#LeahRachelvonEssen
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So grateful to have been cheered by many. From stories in math class, to Betty days, home & abroad, workshops, residencies. My readers + teachers. Nigerian women. My roots + ghosts. My wondrous friends everywhere. Thank you. I can't wait to write a long AF acknowledgements note.
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Finished this stunning book. To find that I'm in the same studio
@dawniewalton
was, at MacDowell. I like to imagine her working on this book at the same desk I read it.
What a ride! And thanks for that playlist ~ listened while reading that last chapter. 🎸
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Obsessed with this gorgeous review of Ghostroots by
@WTalabi
~
Thank you, thank you!
“GHOSTROOTS is an elegantly constructed, breathtakingly beautiful, numinous collection of stories that present emotional blueprints of the Lagosian soul as a way of investigating the larger human condition.”
@WTalabi
reviews new work from
@PemiAguda
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It's Elinaaaam! So happy, so proud! ❤️
Welcome to our Kenyon Review Fellow in Prose,
@evagbo
!
A graduate of
@UChicago
&
@umichWriters
, she's at work on a novel about shapeshifting mothers, drawing from African diaspora folklore to investigate questions of inheritance, displacement, & memory.
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A truckload of thanks to
@RZAgent
who's the best advocate and guide, and
@NneomaAmadiobi
for championing the vision + the Norton team for all the enthusiasm a writer could want.
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Swimming lessons, but I don't speak French and the teacher doesn't speak English, so we both look like electrocuted mimes.🕺🏾
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@UcheAnne
's stories might make you cry or laugh or an inelegant combination of both. Find out April 16! 💛
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It's MONSTRILIO day! I'm so incredibly happy for these little monsters. Read this book, people. It's soooo good! 👾
It’s Monstrilio’s birthday. Be well, my little monster. ❤️👾
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I'm teaching a 6-wk workshop with Room Project this fall! Sep 28 start. We'll be reading + writing into/about/from world endings. Come join:
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I did a thing and was scolded by my subconscious through a dream. It was so clear and I woke quite chastised. Is this a thing?
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YES. And if you're still sleeping on The Woman Next Door, it's a good time to rouse thyself.
COVER REVEAL ALERT!
@yomotoso
upcoming novel "An Unusual Grief" coming in October 2021.
A story about the journey of self-discovery, and erotic awakening that a mother takes while trying to understand her deceased daughter.
Pre-order now:
#UnusualGrief
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The anthology will be out in September! ✨
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I'd love to read a short story from the POV of a family member who's been dragged on an episode of some ridiculous reality TV premise. "You've made another questionable decision and now I have to smile in front of cameras?"
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Finally, I can beg everyone to watch this! So beautiful. 💚
'Eyimofe', directed by the Esiri brothers, is an award-winning globetrotting Nigerian cinema now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
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So so happy to welcome
@UcheAnne
's first book into the world. Read, read!
It's A Kind of Madness pub date! My immense gratitude to the team at
@Tin_House
for shepherding this work, and to my agent
@RZAgent
, and my family, friends, and
@unlenglish
community for their kindness and support. Feeling overwhelmed in a good way ❤❤❤
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I love recommending Ron Hansen's Mariette in Ecstasy. Or Such Small Hands by Andrés Barba.
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The
@Writivism
2015 shortlisted stories have been published on Munyori. Here's mine -
http://t.co/vS5PcjceXv
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Thank you so much for this lovely conversation,
@Marriiis
and
@InterviewMag
! 🐐✨
Been hooked on
@PemiAguda
’s work since ‘Caterer, Caterer’ and I finally got to speak to her about Ghostroots and other stuff for Interview!
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Warm thanks to Will and Patrick for editing so generously. And to my HZWP cohort who held the first draft years ago. And for their gentle feedback + seeing me,
@Lvandenberg
&
@KristenIsk
and that Bread Loaf workshop. 🖤🖤🖤
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Here's my copy next to my friendssss' -
@UcheAnne
and
@yodelnyc
. Subscribe to
@onestorymag
, y'all!
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The story I just read, guys.. No words. Here's Pg 1. And a link to download the full in PDF.
http://t.co/IkLxGAfvQx
http://t.co/KDcs4DIOTz
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Hello, excuse me,
@UcheAnne
's stories are coming!!! ☀️✨
🎉We're thrilled to publish the debut short story collection A KIND OF MADNESS by Uche Okonkwo in Winter 2024!
@UcheAnne
@RZAgent
@elizabethamy213
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A bus conductor held my hand and helped me cross the busy road. Don't judge anyone by their red eyes.
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I love this story~
In this short story by Gerardo Sámano Córdova
@samanito
, Pui has suffered through many quakes in his life—literal and emotional—leaving him unmoored. It takes a ride into space, courtesy of his niece Martina, to bring him back to Earth.
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"Some people have no legs! No hands!" The pastor screams, "but you do!" And the handless, legless man at the back lowers his eyes.
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We've just seen a hippie bus on the streets of Lagos.
"There is only one religion. The religion of peace."
http://t.co/9vkCdhVZ4V
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"Feelings are like children, you don't want them driving the car; but you don't want them stuffed in the trunk either."
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I compiled some of my fave (short) reads of the last week on
http://t.co/nllFkBX7SF
today. If you're interested in some weekend reading.
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"I want to break up."
"Me too."
"April Fools! ..wait what?"
"April Fools too!"
*they spend the rest of the relationship doubting each other*
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Loved this:
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Dakar might be calling you, too. Black Rock Senegal is accepting (free) applications for its fourth year -
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"How're you?" "It is well.." "How did it go?" "The Lord is able." "Still ill?" "I'm strong." C'mon guys. Plain speak. Plain speak!
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"We hear a lot about the arrogance of the artist but nothing about the arrogance of the audience."
http://t.co/RakjwFQv3c
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This is a great list, listen to Katherine! 🌟
if you are like "oh no this is too much pressure what should I preorder" here is a list of *my* recent preorders, for your consideration & ~inspiration~
(ft.
@PemiAguda
,
@EmetNorth
,
@frumpenberg
,
@alex___tanner
,
@andyzou_jiaming
,
@willow_catelyn
, et al.)
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"Straighten ya hand," the gatemen yell. "Oya, return!" the passersby shout. "Brake! Brake!" your mother screams. It takes a village..
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"You're not married?" They ask in distaste; noses turned up in scoff. But they never speak of the marriage woes that keep their eyes puffy.
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Congratulations to Nadia! 💛
📣The Caine Prize for African Writing is delighted to announce that South African writer Nadia Davids has been awarded the 2024 Caine Prize for African Writing for her outstanding short story, Bridling, published in The Georgia Review in 2023. 📚🌟🇿🇦
Congratulations Nadia! ✨
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Whoop! Made the Longlist!
The 2015 Writivism Short Story Prize Longlist
http://t.co/z9Dh9T8FQ3
Nigeria, Kenya, SA, Rwanda, Botswana, Malawi, Ug & Tz represented.
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Please leave a review somewhere if you like the book, so someone new can find it. And Lagos, details for a book event will come soon. 👁️
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One night of poor judgment can earn you daily "Helo preti, ow r u??" messages for one month. Stay alert, people!
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"There is a time you hide your daughters from men; there's a time you push them towards men. 'Pemi goooo." - My mother. 😂
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My story, 'It Is Not Our Way' has been published in the current issue of Black Fox Lit Magazine. You can read here:
http://t.co/Y3WHsfioxm
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Bowled over by this stunning poem today. "Badagry" by Ajibola Tolase
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Read Madeline's essay!
my essay on surviving a suicide attempt is up at
@pshares
today. really impossible to articulate how overwhelmed and grateful I am that the essay found a home here, that I can share it with y'all
it's heavy, take care as you read ❤️
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