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June 24, 2005
Good Read
If you've still got the New Yorker's June 13 "Debut Fiction" issue sitting around your house, definitely pick it up and read Uwem Akpan's "An Ex-Mas Feast." It's the too-realistic-to-be-disbelieved story of a boy on the streets of Nairobi who is losing his beloved big sister to prostitution. His parents make him sniff glue to ward off hunger and have his siblings take shifts dangling the baby in front of tourists for change. It's beautifully written, and heartbreaking. One of the most moving short stories I've read in years.
Posted by Rachel at June 24, 2005 09:23 AM
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Indeed, Uwem Akpan's story is quite well-written. That's what drove me to read about him on the Internet at this hour
Posted by: George Thomas Clark at June 25, 2005 11:51 PM
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