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lb_leeWe have not read this book (and probably won't for a while, for reasons that will be obvious.) Many thanks to acorn_squash for giving content warnings that allow this listing to exist!
"I want to write as if I am free."
Blurb: Through candid, intimate correspondence with friends, lovers, and family, Emezi traces the unfolding of a self and the unforgettable journey of a creative spirit stepping into power in the human world. Their story weaves through transformative decisions about their gender and body, their precipitous path to success as a writer, and the turmoil of relationships on an emotional, romantic, and spiritual plane, culminating in a book that is as tender as it is brutal.
Why is it worth your time?: Emezi's work is intense, beautiful, and badly needed in a whitewashed plural scene that pretends such experiences like theirs don't exist. They state that they had to pretend Freshwater was fiction, feeling they couldn't publish it otherwise, and Dear Senthuran is them writing without that bending over backwards for marketability. Although it will probably be quite some time before I am ready to read about their Igbo god agony of embodiment, I am very glad it exists, and I hope they find all the success and joy.
Plural Tags: nonhumans, intermediate abuse content, nonhumans [gods, spirits], spiritual
Content Warnings: contain spoilers; see comments
Access Notes: Available on paper, ebook, and audiobook. some of the chapters are available for free online, sometimes under different titles and/or with different editing choices:
acorn_squash for giving content warnings that allow this listing to exist!"I want to write as if I am free."
Blurb: Through candid, intimate correspondence with friends, lovers, and family, Emezi traces the unfolding of a self and the unforgettable journey of a creative spirit stepping into power in the human world. Their story weaves through transformative decisions about their gender and body, their precipitous path to success as a writer, and the turmoil of relationships on an emotional, romantic, and spiritual plane, culminating in a book that is as tender as it is brutal.
Why is it worth your time?: Emezi's work is intense, beautiful, and badly needed in a whitewashed plural scene that pretends such experiences like theirs don't exist. They state that they had to pretend Freshwater was fiction, feeling they couldn't publish it otherwise, and Dear Senthuran is them writing without that bending over backwards for marketability. Although it will probably be quite some time before I am ready to read about their Igbo god agony of embodiment, I am very glad it exists, and I hope they find all the success and joy.
Plural Tags: nonhumans, intermediate abuse content, nonhumans [gods, spirits], spiritual
Content Warnings: contain spoilers; see comments
Access Notes: Available on paper, ebook, and audiobook. some of the chapters are available for free online, sometimes under different titles and/or with different editing choices:
- Fire | Dear Jahra
- early version of Mutiliation | Dear Eugene
- Masks | Dear Maki
- Canon | Dear Daniel is available here, although unfortunately Emezi is misgendered in the blurb.
- (New York Times, paywalled) Deity | Dear Eloghosa
- Maps | Dear Toni (There's also an early version.)
- Anointing | Dear Ann
- Early version of Guard | Dear Katherine
