Faith Adiele

I'm SUPER excited to be moderating an evening with Zinzi Clemmons, whose debut novel WHAT WE LOSE is burning up the charts! Not only will she be coming straight from the Aké Book Festival in Nigeria, but we have tons in common: She's a mixed-race Halfrican (South African + American) with an Ivy League + VONA/Voices education, experimenting with structure. Told in vignettes that draw from photography, SMS, blogs, newspapers, and encyclopedias, WHAT WE LOSE questions the legacy

Fresh from my summer in Finland, I sat down with long-time pal Deesha Philyaw for her crucial column VISIBLE in The Rumpus. According to The Rumpus, I talk about being a good literary citizen, the Finnish debut of her PBS documentary, and telling the truth about Black lives. According to my sources (i.e., my mum and Facebook feed) this detailed interview - with its shoutouts to digital platforms Ruskeat Tytöt (Brown Girls) and On She Goes; anthologies Family Trouble, Creating