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245 10 Conversations with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie /|cedited by 
       Daria Tunca 
264  1 Jackson :|bUniversity Press of Mississippi,|c[2020] 
300    xxii, 211 pages|c23 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
490 1  Literary conversations series 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index 
520    "Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (b. 1977) is 
       undoubtedly one of the most widely acclaimed African 
       writers of the twenty-first century. Best known for her 
       insightful fiction, viral TED talks, and essays on 
       feminism, she is also a notoriously outspoken 
       intellectual. As she puts it in an interview with Lia 
       Grainger, in her characteristically straightforward style:
       "I have things to say and I'll say them." Conversations 
       with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the first collection of 
       interviews with the writer. Covering fifteen years of 
       conversations, the interviews start with the publication 
       of Adichie's first novel, Purple Hibiscus (2003), and end 
       in late 2018, by which time Adichie had become one of the 
       most prominent figures on the international literary 
       scene. As both scholars and passionate readers of the 
       author's work are bound to find out, the opinions shared 
       by Adichie in interviews over the years coalesce into a 
       fascinating portrait that presents both abiding features 
       and gradual transformations. Reflecting the political and 
       emotional scope of Adichie's work, the conversations 
       contained in this volume cover a wide range of topics, 
       including colonialism, race, immigration, and feminism. 
       Collectively, these interviews testify both to the 
       author's ardent wish to strive for a more just and equal 
       world, and to her deep interest in exploring our common 
       humanity. As Adichie says in her 2009 interview with 
       Joshua Jelly-Schapiro: "When people call me a novelist, I 
       say, well, yes. I really think of myself as a 
       storyteller." This book invites Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 
       to tell her own literary story"--|cProvided by publisher 
520    "Collected interviews with the widely acclaimed African 
       writer and outspoken intellectual who is known for her 
       insightful fiction, viral TED talks, and essays on 
       feminism"--|cProvided by publisher 
600 10 Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi,|d1977-|vInterviews 
650  0 Authors, Nigerian|y21st century|vInterviews 
650  4 |5Afr|aLiterature 
650  4 |5Afr|aAuthors 
650  4 |5Afr|aInterviews 
651  4 |5Afr|aNigeria 
653    |5Afr|aCriticism 
655  7 Interviews.|2fast 
655  7 Interviews.|2lcgft 
700 1  Tunca, Daria|4edt 
776 08 |iOnline version:|tConversations with Chimamanda Ngozi 
       Adichie.|dJackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2020
       |z9781496829283 
830  0 Literary conversations series