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Happy Birthday Chimamanda! 💕

Today, we celebrate our literary fave with links to 10 of her brilliant short stories that you can read online. Issa thread! 😍
"Twice a month, like a dutiful son, I visited my parents in Enugu, in their small overfurnished flat that grew dark in the afternoon..."

Apollo | by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
newyorker.com/magazine/2015/…
"The woman, a stranger, was looking at me. In the glare of the hot afternoon, in the swirl of motorcycles and hawkers, she was looking down at me from the back seat of her jeep..."

Birdsong | by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
newyorker.com/magazine/2010/…
"Janelle was surprised when the butler asked her to come up to the bedroom. He looked disapproving, stiffly leading the way upstairs..."

Janelle Asked to the Bedroom | by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
nytimes.com/2017/10/20/t-m…
"How softly the rain fell that Monday morning when my water broke. Because I was used to the raging downpours of Lagos, this quiet patter calmed me, filled me with peace..."

Olikoye | by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
medium.com/matter/olikoye…
"In London, night came too soon. It hung in the morning air like a threat and then in the afternoon a blue-gray dusk descended, and the Victorian buildings all wore a mournful face..."

Checking Out | by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
newyorker.com/magazine/2013/…
"Chika climbs in through the store window first and then holds the shutter as the woman climbs in after her. The store looks as if it was deserted long before the riots started...”

A Private Experience| by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
theguardian.com/books/2008/dec…
"Many years after her husband had died, Nwamgba still closed her eyes from time to time to relive his nightly visits to her hut, and the mornings after, when she would walk to the stream…"

The Headstrong Historian | by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
newyorker.com/magazine/2008/…
“On the day our new neighbours came to our house, my brother Ofodile bit my mother on the arm. She was feeding him, pushing soft mashed yam into his mouth...”

Ofodile | by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
theguardian.com/books/2013/dec…
"The first time our house was robbed, it was our neighbor Osita who climbed in through the dining-room window and stole our TV and VCR, and the “Purple Rain” and “Thriller” videotapes…”

Cell One | by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
newyorker.com/magazine/2007/…
We couldn’t find a 10th story, so here’s a photo of the birthday girl instead… #HappyBirthdayChimamanda ❤️
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