by Chris Abani (Author)

Chris Abani finds the sacred in a charged and broken world, to "build meaning from detritus."

Author Biography

Chris Abani was born in Nigeria in 1966 and published his first novel at sixteen. He has been imprisoned, tortured, and sentenced to death for his literary activities. After fleeing Nigeria he continued to write, and is the author of ten books of poetry and fiction. He teaches at UC Riverside.