Emmanuel Iduma
I often recall what James Baldwin said when asked a similar question, and I paraphrase him: If you're going to be a writer, nothing I say will make you decide not to be one. If you're not going to be a writer, nothing I say will make you decide to be one. The effort is real, you need someone to tell you that. I hope I just did.
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