There Was A Positive Side To Not

Fiction Is Risky For Writers Also In That The Process Of Making Certain Books, Of Shaping Certain Narratives, Leaves Scars And Marks On Your Inner Life.

As With Much Of The World's Problems, They Become Public--or Much More Of Interest--the Moment They Begin To Impact The West.

Literature Is An Aspect Of Story And Story Is All That Exists To Make Sense Of Reality. War Is A Story. Now You Begin To See How Powerful Story Is Because It Informs Our Worldview And Our Every Action, Our Every Justification Is A Story. So How Can Story Not Be Truly Transformative? I've Seen It Happen In Real Ways, Not In Sentimental Ways Or In The Jargon Of New Age Liberal Ideology.

What I've Come To Learn Is That The World Is Never Saved In Grand Messianic Gestures, But In The Simple Accumulation Of Gentle, Soft, Almost Invisible Acts Of Compassion.

Nigerians Are Everywhere. There's An Old Joke, Particularly About The Ibos, That When You Finally Land On Mars, You're Going To Find A Nigerian There Who Has A Shop That Is Selling Coca-cola--who Took A Speculative Trip 20 Years Ago And Has Been Waiting For Everyone Else To Arrive.