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Oprah Winfrey chooses short story collection
CHICAGO (AP) - September 18, 2009 Publishing's surest hitmaker on Friday is announcing that her
latest book club pick is /*Uwem Akpan*/'s debut
collection "Say You're One Of Them."
/*Oprah Winfrey*/'s choice practically guarantees hundreds of thousands of
sales, numbers generally unthinkable for short stories beyond works
by /*Ernest Hemingway*/,/* John Cheever */and other giants of the art form.
Akpan is a native of Nigeria and an ordained Jesuit priest who
in 2006 received a master's degree in creative writing from the
University of Michigan.
His work is set in Nigeria, Rwanda and other African countries
and often centers on children in distress.
In 2005, The New Yorker featured him in its debut fiction issue.
