‘The Book Controls You’ Chinelo Okparanta’s First Draft
Novelist, Chinelo Okparanta’s debut novel was gentle. Her next one will be unflinching. Read our interview.
Chinelo Okparanta
Chinelo Okparanta
is an associate professor of English and Creative Writing at Swarthmore College. She is the author of Happiness, Like Water, Under the Udala Trees, and the forthcoming novel, Harry Sylvester Bird.