My America: Akwaeke Emezi on Belonging

Get to know Akwaeke Emezi, born and raised in Nigeria and the author of Freshwater and Pet, which was a 2019 National Book Award finalist for Young People’s Literature. To see more quotes from them, see our blog (americanwritersmuseum.org/my-...) and visit the Museum to see the full exhibit.
The American Writers Museum is excited to share clips from our newest temporary exhibit, My America: Immigrant and Refugee Writers Today. The exhibit is designed to elicit thoughtful dialogue on a wide array of issues with contemporary immigrant and refugee writers delving into questions about writing influences, being multilingual, community, family, duality, otherness and what it means to be American.
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[@DDdelight]

She is incredible and so gorgeous

[@legibitiqua2]

I love them!!! The Ada was the first character of theirs I encountered who deeply impacted me. Emezi is an amazing author!

[@imbelly2350]

“I only belong in places I create” I feel that’s so heartedly

[@booknerdtv6526]

How awesome, I love that people can see/hear/read your work, can see you irl or on video and know creating a place is an option for them as well.

[@siger03]

I so agree Akwaeke! I don't wait for others to create a space for me in their world I make or create my own

[@nightdruid540]

wow. this is one of the most powerful, simple, profound things I've heard from literally anyone. this is so, exactly, *exactly* the same place I've been coming to. they just described the culmination of everything I've been learning too. THAT IS SO AMAZING ;~;

[@BulentBasaran]

So, true: the body is in a liminal space, indeed. So is the mind. We change our smart phones every year or so, we update the apps on them even more often. The body, hardware; the minds, its thoughts, the software.. We are neither. We are users, aware.

[@kirkchan7726]

Thank you!❤