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Slack Pussy Session 3: Nudibranch by Irenosen Okojie (2019)
March 10, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm GMT
This month we’re reading a second book recommended by Shola – Irenosen Okojie’s short story collection, Nudibranch (2019).
This is what Shola has to say:
“I feel like Okojie’s work is hugely important in and of itself, but also when taking stock of British experimental/innovative writing – I’m interested in how when it comes to the contemplation of such spaces, Black women in Britain continue to be neglected, despite not only having always made work which is innovative, but also influencing the white work which comes to be categorised as such… I suspect this has a lot to do with the policing of the ‘brows’ and the long history of divesting Black art of intentionality, consciousness, self-consciousness, whilst conversely overinvesting, overdetermining even the most tedious white mark-making with the promise of limitless unplumbed cognitive vistas!”
Please read the collection if possible! No prior knowledge is necessary and all are welcome to join.
Email slackpuss.rg@gmail.com to book a place