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Uwem Akpan

Uwem Akpan was born on May 19th, and is currently 53 years old. Uwem Akpan was born in Ikot Akpan Eda.

Uwem Akpan is the author of the Uwem Akpan Collections series which currently consists of 1 novel. The Uwem Akpan Collections series started in with the novel Say You're One of Them. The most recently released novel in the Uwem Akpan Collections series was Say You're One of Them which was released in There are no upcoming novels for the Uwem Akpan Collections series.

Uwem Akpan was the runner-up in the Dayton Literary Peace Prize awards, fiction category, for his novel Say You're One of Them.

Uwem Akpan: Awards & Accolades

Akpan's book, Say You're One of Them was nominated for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Fiction, in

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Say You're One of Them 
Uwem Akpan,
Little, Brown & Company
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Summary
Uwem Akpan's first published short story, "An Ex-mas Feast," appeared in The New Yorker's Debut Fiction issue in The story's portrait of a family living together in a makeshift shanty in urban Kenya, and their attempts to find gifts of any kind for the impending Christmas holiday, gives a matter-of-fact reality to the most extreme circumstances—and signaled the arrival of a breathtakingly talented writer.

"My Parents' Bedroom" is a Rwandan girl's account of her family's struggles to maintain a facade of normalcy amid unspeakable acts. In "Fat­tening for Gabon," a brother and sister cope with their uncle's attempt to sell them into slavery. "Luxurious Hearses" creates a microcosm of Africa within a busload of refugees and introduces us to a Muslim boy who summons his faith to bear a treacherous ride through Nigeria. "What Language Is That?" reveals the emotional toll of the Christian-Muslim conflict in Ethiopia through the eyes of childhood friends. Every story is a testament to the wisdom and resilience of children, even in the face of the most agoniz

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"NEW YORK, MY VILLAGE touches on important political and social themes, but it's also at times rollickingly funny to accompany Ekong on his picaresque journey through New York. The book is full of colorful and observant portraits of New York City's neighborhoods, as well as mouthwatering descriptions of food. Anyone who has been involved in the publishing world will find the scenes of pitch meetings and awards dinners especially telling, but they're not the only ones who will appreciate Akpan's astute and self-aware novel." -- Norah Spiehl,


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Uwem Akpan was born in Ikot Akpan Eda in Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria. Uwem's short stories and autobiographical pieces have appeared in the special editions of The New Yorker, the Oprah magazine, Hekima Review, the Nigerian Guardian, America, etc. His first book, Say You're One of Them, was published in by Little, Brown, after a protracted auction. READ MORE

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    Summary and Reviews of Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

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    Everything I Never Told You

    Lydia is dead. But they don&#;t know this yet. , May 3, six thirty in the morning, no one knows anything but this innocuous fact: Lydia is late for breakfast. As always, next to her cereal bowl, her mother has placed a sharpened pencil and Lydia&#;s physics homework, six problems flagged with small ticks. Driving to work, Lydia&#;s father nudges the dial toward WXKP, Northwest Ohio&#;s Best News Source, vexed by the crackles of static. On the stairs, Lydia&#;s brother yawns, still twined in the tail end of his dream. And in her chair in the corner of the kitchen, Lydia&#;s sister hunches moon-eyed over her cornflakes, sucking them to pieces one by one, waiting for Lydia to appear. It&#;s she who says, at last, "Lydia&#;s taking a long time today."

    Upstairs, Marilyn opens her daughter&#;s door and sees the bed unslept in: neat hospital corners still pleated beneath the comforter, pillow still fluffed and convex.

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    1. Discuss the relationships between Nath, Lydia, and Hannah. How do the siblings both underst

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