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The Gloomy Girl Variety Show: A Memoir

By Freda Epum
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By Freda Epum
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Merging memoir, poetry, and criticism, this radical literary revue traces a first—generation Nigerian American’s search for home and belonging on her own terms.

In The Gloomy Girl Variety Show, Freda Epum explores the opposing forces of her “no—place, no—where” identity as a Nigerian American daughter, diasporically displaced, who spent years in and out of institutions seeking treatment for life—threatening mental illness. Epum examines her journey through healthcare and housing systems via...

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