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SHORT STORY
Walking the Wok

When my friend Daniel Chan confided in me that Jennifer was leaving him because he was washing his Wok with soap, I laughed till I started to wheeze.  And when I came up for air it was to use the little psychology I knew to assure him he was obviously...
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How Kamau Wa Mwangi Escaped into Exile

He had been running for hours. His lungs were about to implode.
Each heartbeat, a resounding thud of pure will, sounded spaced out, lonely even, as if at some point the distance between...
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EXCERPT FROM FORTHCOMING NOVEL
(Submitted as part of the 2014 PEN World Voices Online Anthology.)
Mrs. Shaw


“Hey. You. You know what you need? A white mother!”
I must be mistaken. I whirl around to face the voice.
“What did you just say?”
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