We Need to Talk About Snails
“The day I confessed to being a witch I had no idea what I was doing.”
They are heroesbeings whose existence alone is a work of art.
They are heroes,beings whose existence alone is a work of art—not artists who merely make masterpieces.
Kokoro ton je efo inu efo lo wa.
The insect that devours the leaf lives on the inside of it.
Gospel of Matthew
A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.
The small dog barking at the darkness has something to say about the way we live.
Ask the lunatic yard dog why it tolerates the leash.
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.
The Nature of Things
Tola Rotimi was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. A graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop, she currently lives in Iowa City where she is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Creative Writing. In 2016, she was named one of Iowa's most promising emerging writers by The Des Moines Register. She is working on her first novel.
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