I believe artists should be able to step into other people's situations, contexts and cultures and work from there. If artists don't have that freedom, then, as someone has said, are we all writing our autobiographies?
I believe artists should be able to step into other people's situations, contexts and cultures and work from there. If artists don't have that freedo… - Uwem Akpan
I believe artists should be able to step into other people's situations, contexts and cultures and work from there. If artists don't have that freedo…
- Uwem Akpan
I always felt my writing could benefit from the attention of established writers. I knew my work could grow and be better. - Uwem Akpan
I always felt my writing could benefit from the attention of established writers. I knew my work could grow and be better.
I think fiction allows us to sit for a while with people we would rather not meet. - Uwem Akpan
I think fiction allows us to sit for a while with people we would rather not meet.
I have been very afraid of writing about other cultures and countries. I've been worried about getting the research wrong. I ask a lot of questions. … - Uwem Akpan
I have been very afraid of writing about other cultures and countries. I've been worried about getting the research wrong. I ask a lot of questions. …
I don't believe in the art-for-art's-sake philosophy. With the raw material before me and the gifts within me, I did my best to celebrate the voices … - Uwem Akpan
I don't believe in the art-for-art's-sake philosophy. With the raw material before me and the gifts within me, I did my best to celebrate the voices …
I believe that Jesus was both priest and poet. Imagine those powerful parables! My experience as a priest tells me it's not possible to reach the hea… - Uwem Akpan
I believe that Jesus was both priest and poet. Imagine those powerful parables! My experience as a priest tells me it's not possible to reach the hea…
After the phone call from The New Yorker, I walked more than a mile to church to thank God. But then I told God I would talk to Him another time and … - Uwem Akpan
After the phone call from The New Yorker, I walked more than a mile to church to thank God. But then I told God I would talk to Him another time and …
Though people are more important than money, I'm not convinced these large sums of money paid out to victims is the best. Listening to the some of th… - Uwem Akpan
Though people are more important than money, I'm not convinced these large sums of money paid out to victims is the best. Listening to the some of th…
I'd say my religious life has shaped my worldview; my writing, I'd say too, is an extension of the pulpit...it reaches folks who don't care for organ… - Uwem Akpan
I'd say my religious life has shaped my worldview; my writing, I'd say too, is an extension of the pulpit...it reaches folks who don't care for organ…
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