Waiting for Caine 2013
by Kola Tubosun What will the Caine Prize judges be looking for this year? Topicality? Politics? Dexterity? Profundity? Conflict? Emotion? Complexity? Looking at a set of shortlisted stories that[…]
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Tope Folarin Speaks to NigeriansTalk
Tope Folarin is on the shortlist of this year’s Caine Prize shortlist, along with Elnathan John, Chinelo Okparanta, Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, and Pede Hollist. His short story Miracle, has been reviewed[…]
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No, Not “America”, but Love – A Review
by Kola Tubosun Here are my thoughts on the final story on the Caine Prize shortlist: Chinelo Okparanta’s America. Thoughts on earlier stories are here: Bayan Layi, Miracle, Foreign Aid and Whispering Trees. _________________ As far as[…]
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The Travails of Logan – A Review of “Foreign Aid”
by Kola Tubosun I began reading this story with trepidation, and a worry that after reading Elnathan John’s “Bayan Layi” which moved me in a disturbing yet endearing way, and Tope Folarin’s “Miracle”,[…]
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The Children of “Bayan Layi” – A Review
by Kola Tubosun As part of my five-week blogathon on the five shortlisted stories in the 2013 Caine Prize, I present some thoughts on the first story: Elnathan John’s Bayan Layi, first published at http://www.percontra.net/issues/25/fiction/bayan-layi/. ______ Bayin Layi is a[…]
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The 2013 Caine Prize Shortlist
by Kola Tubosun Fantastic news! Out of this year’s five shortlisted stories for the annual Caine Prize for Writing, four of the stories are from Nigeria. This is unprecedented in[…]
olufemi terry//stickfighting days
i read the Caine Prize-winning stickfighting days by olufemi terry yesterday. boy. writing is such an interesting thing. we all have such different psyches, so many different energies and urges[…]