![]() What in your life can you point to and say, like Frankie, ‘I Did It My Way’? To my mother’s dismay, I ended up switching my degree to Communications and Visual Culture which was 100% less useful than law although more fun. I was good at it but I kept falling asleep in lectures and the books were ridiculously expensive! It was a pain lugging those tomes about. Initially I studied law at university, which is a traditional, respectable profession for a young Nigerian woman to aspire to. Have you rebelled against someone else’s dreary expectations of your life, and become something more unexpected? The Momus Questionnaire was created by musician Nick Currie, and is designed to identify the aspects of the subject’s personality which give them a positive self-image, or ‘subcultural capital’. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her debut novel, Butterfly Fish, won a Betty Trask award, whilst Speak Gigantular was shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize. Okojie’s skill in identifying the dark truths at the heart of myths and fairy tales, and relocating them in the present day, brings to mind writers like Shirley Jackson and Angela Carter. ![]() Irenosen Okojie’s first short story collection Speak Gigantular, presents a series of fantastical, unsettling stories which blend magical elements with a powerful emotional insight. ![]()
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