Uwem Akpan

Last week the New Yorker published a short story by Uwem Akpan, SJ, a Nigerian Jesuit who made the news last September when Oprah Winfrey picked his short story collection Say You’re One of Them for her book club.  The new story is called “Baptizing the Gun.”  It’s narrated by a Nigerian priest who wishes [...]

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Say You’re One of Them, a short story collection by Uwem Akpan, SJ, a Nigerian Jesuit, is Oprah Winfrey’s latest pick for her book club.  It’s the first time Oprah has chosen a book of short stories (and Fr. Akpan is her first Jesuit author). Each of the book’s five stories are set in a [...]

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