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Akwaeke Emezi, Nafkote Tamirat on New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2018.

Akwaeke Emezi and Nafkote Tamirat are the African writers on the New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2018 list announced on November 19, 2018. The New York Times is one of the most important newspapers in the United States. Apart from being a publication that covers news, they came up with the New York […]

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Akwaeke Emezi, Nafkote Tamirat make Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize 2018 longlist.

Akwaeke Emezi and Nafkote Tamirat are on the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize 2018 longlist that was announced on June 14. The Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize is an annual award presented by The Center for Fiction, a non-profit organization in New York, USA. The award is given to the best debut novel […]

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Nafkote Tamirat’s “The Parking Lot Attendant” now available

The Parking Lot Attendant by Ethiopian writer Nafkote Tamirat and published by Macmillan Publishers is now available for your reading pleasure. Nafkote Tamirat is an Ethiopian diaspora writer who has an MFA from Columbia University. Her short stories have appeared in Birkensnake, The Anemone Sidecar, and Best Paris Stories. Her debut novel The Parking Lot […]