Teju Cole, author portrait
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Teju Cole

Teju Cole was born in the United States in 1975 to Nigerian parents and grew up in Lagos. His books include the novel Open City, the essay collections Known and Strange Things and Black Paper, and the experimental photo book Blind Spot. He has been honored with the PEN/Hemingway Award, the Internationaler Literaturpreis, the Windham-Campbell Prize, and a Guggenheim Fellowship, among other accolades. He is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.  Cole is currently a professor of the practice of creative writing at Harvard University and a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine.
Tremor
Blind Spot
Known and Strange Things
Every Day Is for the Thief
Open City

Books

Tremor
Blind Spot
Known and Strange Things
Every Day Is for the Thief
Open City

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