So often, literature about African people is conflated with literature about African politics, as if the state were somehow of greater import or interest than the individual.
Taiye SelasiAs a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully.
Taiye SelasiI was four when I announced my ambition to write, eight when I began publishing such claims.
Taiye SelasiThe thing that comes most frequently to me on yoga retreats is excruciating pain in my hips.
Taiye SelasiThe writer presents himself to the blank page not with an open passport but an open heart.
Taiye SelasiAs a young woman, I had been seeking experience, knowledge, truth, the stuff writers need in their work, but when the artist actually kicked in, I came to understand that in this romantic relationship I was not free to be myself, or to find myself, in order to begin the true work I needed to do.
Taiye Selasi