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The following have been previously published, in different form, in these publications:
“Nowhere/Dear Katherine” in 212 Magazine (2017); “Fire/Dear Jahra,” as “Sometimes the Fire Is Not Fire,” in a literary supplement published by Olisa.tv (2015); “Mutilation/Dear Eugene,” as “Transition,” at The Cut (2018). “Masks/Dear Maki,” as “In Lagos,” in Dazed (2018); “Canon/Dear Daniel,” as “Writers of Color Are Making Their Own Canon,” at BuzzFeed (2018); “Maps/Dear Toni,” as “This Letter Isn’t For You,” at Them (2019).
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Emezi, Akwaeke, author.
Title: Dear Senthuran : a Black spirit memoir / Akwaeke Emezi.
Description: New York : Riverhead Books, 2021.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020039782 (print) | LCCN 2020039783 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593329191 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780593329214 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Emezi, Akwaeke. | Authors, Nigerian—21st century—Biography.
Classification: LCC PR9387.9.E42 Z46 2021 (print) | LCC PR9387.9.E42 (ebook) | DDC 823/.92 [B]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020039782
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020039783
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Cover design: Grace Han
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