
Butter Honey Pig Bread
Francesca Ekwuyasi · 2020
A Nigerian mother and her twin daughters (one gay, one haunted by a spirit) contend with diaspora, faith, food, and queer identity. Ekwuyasi's debut expands what African fiction written in English looks like.
Best of Last 10 Years · the Pro canon
The case for it, the case against, and the rest of the canon open with Pro.