Teju Cole
Nigerian-American novelist and photographer whose Open City is a meditative, essay-like novel about an African wandering through New York and Brussels. His work blends fiction, criticism, and photography in innovative ways. He is one of the most intellectually distinctive voices in contemporary literature.
Works
- Open CityMeditative wanderer explores Berlin's history, art, race, and personal alienation
- Every Day Is for the ThiefExiled Nigerian narrator steals back to Lagos to recover lost identity
- Blind SpotPhoto essays and lyric prose exploring blindness, perception, and invisible truths
- Known and Strange ThingsEssays examining art, photography, history, race, and culture with personal insight
- Black PaperLyric meditations on race, history, and representation using photographs and narrative
- Everyday Is for the ThiefExiled Nigerian narrator steals back to Lagos to recover lost identity