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Upcoming Events

VIRTUAL EVENT: Morowa Yejidé – Lost City Books (Washington, DC)

5/6/21, 7:00pm

PLEASE NOTE: All of our virtual events are listed in Eastern Time (ET). Morowa Yejidé presents her new novel, Creatures of Passage, in conversation with Amma Addo, hosted by Lost City Books. This event will be broadcast via Facebook Live; registration is requested but not required. Please visit the event page on Eventbrite to learn […]

VIRTUAL EVENT: Morowa Yejidé – Gaithersburg Book Festival (Gaithersburg, MD)

5/11/21, 7:00pm

PLEASE NOTE: All of our virtual events are listed in Eastern Time (ET). Panel: “Dark Fantasy”: P. Djèlí Clark (A Master of Djinn) and Morowa Yejidé (Creatures of Passage), moderated by Torie Clarke. From 1912 Cairo to modern-day Anacostia, magic, mythology and fantasy overlay the real world. Whether an Agent for the Ministry of Alchemy, […]

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Creatures of Passage

By: Morowa Yejidé

With echoes of Toni Morrison’s Beloved, Yejidé’s novel explores a forgotten quadrant of Washington, DC, and the ghosts that haunt it.