Teju Cole's Letter from Lagos and More #GreatReads

Teju Cole writes for the New Yorker's Page Turner blog about visiting Wole Soyinka and Soyinka's role in Nigerian politics (as well as reviewing a recent production of the play The Trials of Brother Jero at Terra Kulture)
A review of A. Igoni Barrett's short story collection Love is Power or Something Like That 
A 1944 letter by George Orwell reveals why he wrote 1984 (one of ZODML's Must Read Books)
What kind of genius are you: "quick and dramatic, or careful and quiet"?
Nigerian-American author Chinelo Okparanta (who was shortlisted for this year's Caine Prize) speaks with NPR about her work

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