{"product_id":"dear-senthuran-a-black-spirit-memoir","title":"Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFEATURED ON THE COVER OF TIME MAGAZINE AS A 2021 NEXT GENERATION LEADER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A once-in-a-generation voice.\" - Vulture\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"One of our greatest living writers.\" - Shondaland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA full-throated and provocative memoir in letters from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author, \u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003ea dazzling literary talent whose works cut to the quick of the spiritual self\u003cb\u003e\" (\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn their critically acclaimed novels, Akwaeke Emezi has introduced readers to a landscape marked by familial tensions, Igbo belief systems, and a boundless search for what it means to be free. Now, in this extraordinary memoir, the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Vivek Oji\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the harrowing yet resolute truths of their own life. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElectrifying and inspiring, animated by the same voracious intelligence that distinguishes Emezi's fiction, \u003ci\u003eDear Senthuran\u003c\/i\u003e is a revelatory account of storytelling, self, and survival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAkwaeke Emezi\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Riverhead Books\u003cbr\u003eJune 07 2022\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9780593329207\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 0593329201\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Call \u0026 Response Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":42657410416709,"sku":"9780593329207","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/6621\/4213\/files\/9780593329207.jpg?v=1775845966","url":"https:\/\/www.callandresponsechi.com\/products\/dear-senthuran-a-black-spirit-memoir","provider":"Call \u0026 Response Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}