{"product_id":"dear-senthuran-a-black-spirit-memoir-9780593329207","title":"Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFEATURED ON THE COVER OF TIME MAGAZINE AS A 2021 NEXT GENERATION LEADER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A once-in-a-generation voice.\" - Vulture \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"One of our greatest living writers.\" - Shondaland\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA full-throated and provocative memoir in letters from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author, \u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003ea dazzling literary talent whose works cut to the quick of the spiritual self\u003cb\u003e\" (\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn three critically acclaimed novels, Akwaeke Emezi has introduced readers to a landscape marked by familial tensions, Igbo belief systems, and a boundless search for what it means to be free. Now, in this extraordinary memoir, the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Vivek Oji\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the harrowing yet resolute truths of their own life. Through candid, intimate correspondence with friends, lovers, and family, Emezi traces the unfolding of a self and the unforgettable journey of a creative spirit stepping into power in the human world. Their story weaves through transformative decisions about their gender and body, their precipitous path to success as a writer, and the turmoil of relationships on an emotional, romantic, and spiritual plane, culminating in a book that is as tender as it is brutal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElectrifying and inspiring, animated by the same voracious intelligence that distinguishes Emezi's fiction, \u003ci\u003eDear Senthuran\u003c\/i\u003e is a revelatory account of storytelling, self, and survival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAkwaeke Emezi \u003c\/b\u003e(they\/them) is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Vivek Oji\u003c\/i\u003e, which was longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize; \u003ci\u003ePet\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature; and \u003ci\u003eFreshwater\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book and shortlisted for the PEN\/Hemingway Award, the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award, the Lambda Literary Award, and the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize. Selected as a 5 Under 35 honoree by the National Book Foundation, they are based in liminal spaces.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613171519762,"sku":"9780593329207","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4ced33ae-363f-481c-958c-be11d584589d.jpg?v=1732388924","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dear-senthuran-a-black-spirit-memoir-9780593329207","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}