Chris Abani was imprisoned by the Nigerian government as a teenager for his first novel, tortured and placed on death row for subsequent work critical of the government. His best-selling novel, “Graceland,” won the Hemingway/PEN Prize. His other works of fiction include “The Virgin of Flames” and the award-winning “Song For Night,” about a child soldier who has lost his voice. Abani is a professor in the Department of Creative Writing at the University of California-Riverside.
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