"When I think of what literature can do, and I think of the ways that literature has changed minds and opened imaginat…"

"A reader comes to the page and essentially learns the rules of this world, not because the rules are being told to th…"

"There is nothing inherently wrong with not knowing as much as people think you should or not knowing everything. Ther…"

"There needs to be something that matters to you, even if you’re inventing this impossible world filled with raffia ba…"

"A world where women must remain naked until they are married; there are complications."

"So why not be as deliberate in creating myth as those who came before us, so that those who come after us can better …"

"So it’s not motivation to continue, but reward for work already completed. That’s the most important thing to keep in…"

"For too long, the voices and visions for our future have been provided, for the most part, by and from a culturally E…"

"When Enebeli Okwara sent his girl out in the world, he did not know what the world did to daughters. He did not know …"

"Girls with fire in their bellies will be forced to drink from a well of correction till the flames die out."