Digital Bedbugs: 2019 Anthology of the Nairobi Fiction Writing Workshop book by Makena Onjerika
By Makena OnjerikaDigital Bedbugs: 2019 Anthology of the Nairobi Fiction Writing Workshop book by Makena Onjerika
Straight out of Nairobi, come 12 stories of convicts and their mobile phones; an illicit house warmer who swears he didn’t kill the kid; a man who cannot help running through the night stark naked; a cop who excels at making bodies disappear; a husband who doesn’t want sex and a wife who must have some with him by all means necessarily; a mother who sends her son interesting photography; a music instrument that induces psychosis; the unhealthy consequences of Nairobi nightlife; incels who know their knives; a reverend, his farm and his prize bull; horses, oaths and machetes; and of course, an unplanned trip to Kerala.
Featured writers include
-Sophie Gitonga
-Sanaa Jabeen
-Sheeba Jacob
-Alvin Kathembe
-Olivia Kidula
-Munene Kilongi
-Dennis Mugaa
-Awuor Mugeni
-Shalom Ndiku
-Gladwell Pamba
-Kiprono Tonui
-Shiru Waweru
This anthology represents the work of new and emerging writers based in Nairobi who, in 2018 and 2019, participated in the Nairobi Fiction Writing Workshop, led by Caine Prize for Writing winner, Makena Onjerika.
Book details
- Paperback
- 186 pages
- English
- 9966138149
- 9966138149
About Makena Onjerika
makena onjerika is a kenyan writer, who won the 2018 caine prize for african writing for her short story entitled "fanta blackcurrant", published in wasafi Read More about Makena Onjerika
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Digital Bedbugs: 2019 Anthology of the Nairobi Fiction Writing Workshop book by Makena Onjerika
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