Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Thu., June 18, 7:30 p.m., free, Free Library, Central Branch, 1901 Vine St., 215-567-4341, freelibrary.org.


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Published: Jun 16, 2009

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This Nigerian-born author thrives on the social, political, historical complexities of the place where she grew up. But the 31-year-old, who moved to the U.S. when she was 19 — to study at Drexel — also has a thing or two to say about Americans. In the title story from her new collection, The Thing Around Your Neck (Knopf), a young Nigerian woman moves to New England, where she's beset upon by well-meaning Americans too proud of their open-mindedness. Adichie is fond of recounting such stories at speaking engagements, too, so your NPR-listening, gele-wearing ass might squirm a bit at the library tonight. Relax, she called you well-meaning.

Thu., June 18, 7:30 p.m., free, Free Library, Central Branch, 1901 Vine St., 215-567-4341, freelibrary.org.