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Chinelo Okparanta
Chinelo Okparanta on William Styron’s
Confessions of Nat Turner
and Writing Across Racial Identities
“I did wonder about the implications of writing, albeit fictionally and satirically, from a white liberal-minded man’s perspective.”
By
Chinelo Okparanta
| September 14, 2022
Chinelo Okparanta: This is Not
a Love Story
Recalling the Lingering Power of a First Crush
By
Chinelo Okparanta
| February 14, 2020
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