![]() ![]() ![]() She basically taught me how to really read, which is a writer’s most important ability. She caught me at an age (a big eyed sophomore in college) where I had a lot of desire and very little direction. ![]() And so that’s enough.īut if I had to choose one person who had a particular impact, I’d say it was/is Lynne Tillman. If somebody offered me one million dollars to write a sentence I’m pretty sure I could always do it. When I say I don’t believe in Writer’s Block, I mean that I don’t find it useful to assign a name to a state of being in which I CANNOT write. I feel like the response to this has become almost controversial, some writers, like me, assert that “there is no such thing as Writer’s Block,” others insist it is a mountain to be climbed over. He has also written for The New York Times Book Review, Esquire, The Paris Review, and elsewhere, so you might not be surprised to learn that he doesn’t really believe in writer’s block.Īdjei-Brenyah is back with Chain-Gang All-Stars, and took time out from the publicity blitz to answer the Lit Hub Questionnaire, offering up his go-to books for gifting, and retracing his education as a writer. Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah burst onto the literary scene in 2018 with the short-story collection Friday Black, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Award for Best First Book. ![]()
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