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SUMMARY:A Discussion with Author Vincent Anioke
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Join the discussion with author Vincent An
 ioke as he talks about his debut story collection\, <a href="https://encor
 e.kpl.org/iii/encore_wpl/record/C__Rb2928256__Sperfect%20little%20angels__
 Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp\;suite=wpl" target="_blank" rel="noopener
 "><em>Perfect Little Angels</em></a>\, a beautifully imagined collection s
 et largely in Nigeria that explores themes of masculinity and repressed de
 sires through the lens of (un)conditional love.</p>\n<p><a href="https://w
 ww.vincentanioke.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vincent Anioke</a> i
 s a software engineer at Google. He was born and raised in Nigeria but now
  lives in Canada. His short stories have appeared in SmokeLong Quarterly\,
  Masters Review\, Split Lip Magazine\, Passages North&nbsp\;and The Rumpus
 . He is the 2021 Austin Clarke Fiction Prize Winner and was also shortlist
 ed for the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. A previous version of Utop
 ia was also longlisted for the 2021 CBC Short Story Prize. Vincent was als
 o finalist for the 2023 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers Fro
 m the Writers' Trust of Canada.</p>\n<p><strong>About <em>Perfect Little A
 ngels</em>:</strong></p>\n<p>In this stunning debut story collection set l
 argely in Nigeria\, questions abound: What happens when we fall short of s
 ociety's - and our own - expectations? When our personal desires conflict 
 with the duties we are bound with? The characters in <em>Perfect Little An
 gels</em> confront these dilemmas and more in these brilliantly imagined t
 ales.</p>\n<p>In a boarding school\, tensions brew between students and ve
 ngeful staff. An addict seeks a fresh start in pottery class. A man return
 s home from university abroad with confessions that unravel his mother's w
 orld. Amid winter storms\, a ghost delights her grief-stricken partner. An
 d atop a hill surrounded by rot and garbage\, two lovers dare to embark on
  a secret\, dangerous romance. Human desires - for connection\, salvation\
 , and understanding - imbue these deeply Nigerian stories with universal r
 esonance.</p>\n<p>In Vincent Anioke's tenderly written stories\, character
 s seek love in different permutations from teachers\, parents\, dead partn
 ers\, and even God.<em> Perfect Little Angels</em> is a nuanced exploratio
 n of masculinity\, religion\, marginalization\, suppressed queerness\, and
  self-expression through the lens of (un)conditional love.</p>\n<p>Present
 ed in partnership with <a href="https://www.wordsworthbooks.com/">Words Wo
 rth Books</a>&nbsp\;in celebration of 40 years.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Programmer:
 &nbsp\; Nancy</p>\n<p><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images
 /managers/wpl/Vincent_Anioke_Communico_Graphic.png" alt="Vincent Anioke" t
 itle="Vincent Anioke" width="650" height="450" /></p>\n<p></p>\nhttps://wp
 l.libnet.info/event/10274473
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