‘No One Sees the World the Way You Do.’ Kemi Falodun’s First Draft

Writer, journalist and author of ‘Soundbender: The Many Lives of Beautiful Nubia’, Kemi Falodun, believes good writing requires practice. ‘One must make an effort to improve. Although there are factors—social, financial, environmental—that may facilitate or impede one’s capacity to develop the skill.’ Our questions are italicized.  What books or kinds of books did you read growing up? I didn’t read much as a child. Of course, we were required to read story books in scho
 

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