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Iheoma Nwachukwu, author of JAPA & OTHER STORIES

Iheoma Nwachukwu, author of JAPA & OTHER STORIES

 

Iheoma Nwachukwu, author of Japa & Other Stories 

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

6:30pm-7:30pm

In partnership with Main Point Books

 

Iheoma Nwachukwu, PhD winner of the 2023 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction, is an assistant professor at Eastern University. Japa & Other Stories is the author's new book that came out of the struggle he faced when trying to orient himself in the United States of 2017 when attitudes toward immigrants suddenly shifted. Nwachukwu's stories introduce us to Nigerians in the diaspora who are searching for education, stability, or something less definable. Unsure of how they'll get there, a group of young men find themselves studying in Utah, becoming temporary Mormons, and smuggling beer on the side. Then while working in a hotel in Zanzibar, one of them gets deported and longs to return to Utah. The stories that make up Japa are humorous, compassionate, and lyrical.

Iheoma Nwachukwu has won fellowships from the Michener Center, Mississippi Arts Commission, the Chinua Achebe Center, and his work has been published in Ploughshares, The Iowa Review and many others. Main Point Books is our cosponsor for the author event and books will be available for purchase.

 

Date:
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Time:
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Time Zone:
Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Location:
Winsor Room
Library:
Radnor Memorial Library
Audience:
  Adults     New Adult     Seniors     Teens  
Categories:
  Author Events     Civic and Social Literacy     Social/Cultural  

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