Nii Ayikwei Parkes and Azúcar

"We live in a world where we increasingly want to control everything...I hope that in fictional spaces, the effort of trying to keep up becomes so much you eventually say, hey, let's go."

Nii Ayikwei Parkes is here to discuss his second novel, Azúcar, published by Peepal Tree Press.

How do we grow in...

Fictional spaces: understanding when we're not in control
Real spaces: understanding control and conditioning

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Nii is also director of poetry publisher, Flipped Eye publishing. We featured Samatar Elmi and Katherine Lockton back in series one of the Rippling Pages for their new pamphlets. You can listen to those episodes here:

Samatar Elmi: https://ripplingpages.podbean.com/e/samatar-elmi-and-a-portrait-of-colossus/

Katherine Lockton: https://ripplingpages.podbean.com/e/katherine-lockton-on-paper-doll-flipped-eye-anniversary-part-1/