Literary Friction - Short Stories with Arinze Ifeakandu
An episode of the Literary Friction podcast, hosted by Literary Friction, titled "Literary Friction - Short Stories with Arinze Ifeakandu" was published on September 7, 2023 and runs 62 minutes.
September 7, 2023 ·62m · Literary Friction
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Episode Description
What makes a brilliant short story? Are they better read as part of a collection or as a sharp shot on their own? How do you render fully formed characters in very few words? We're thrilled that this month, Arinze Ifeakandu joined us to talk about his short story collection Gods Children Are Little Broken Things, a beautiful, artful collection of nine short stories about queer lives and love in Nigeria. One of the great pleasures of reading this book is savouring the art of the short story, but also seeing how they can be built into a cohesive collection...
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