Akwaeke Emezi on YOU MADE A FOOL OF DEATH WITH YOUR BEAUTY
\u201cI had a dream about them. I have like these really cinematic dreams. And I woke up from this one. And I was like, this is a fantastic, messy little story, this is a love triangle that I want to read about. I want to\u2014as a reader, as a viewer\u2014I want to see this play out. And the only way I could get it to play out was to you know, write it.\u201d Critically acclaimed author Akwaeke Emezi (Freshwater,\xa0The Death of Vivek Oji, and\xa0Pet, among other novels) delivers a page-turning modern romance in their fabulous new novel,\xa0You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty. They join us on the show to talk about their love of romance novels and belief in love at first sight, grief and growing up, celebrity and food, fun and sex, their own work in the visual arts, the writers and artists who inspire them, and much more with Poured Over\u2019s host, Miwa Messer. And we end the episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Margie and Marc.
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Featured Book:\xa0
You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty\xa0by Akwaeke Emezi
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Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
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A full transcript of this episode is available\xa0here.