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Buki Papillon's debut is No 'Ordinary Wonder'
Why We Write
English - November 09, 2021 05:00 - 33 minutes - 30.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsBooks Arts Education writing authors university books literature interview lesley university higher education mfa creative writing Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Buki Papillon talks about her acclaimed debut "An Ordinary Wonder," a coming of age novel about Oto, an intersex teen growing up in Nigeria. Buki, an alumna of our MFA in Creative Writing program, talks about the drive that keeps her writing, rewriting almost her whole book after she got a book deal, and lots more.
Janet Pocorobba, interim direct of Lesley University's MFA program, interviews Buki.
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