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Ninety pages. Read it in one sitting, then read it again more slowly.
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What the River Kept
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A verse novel about a fishing town on the Niger and the year the water gave something back. Shortlisted for the Nommo before it had a paperback.
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What the River Kept holds its nerve long after most novels would have flinched.
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Adaeze Obi writes in verse and in weekly instalments, which she considers the same discipline: say it in fewer lines than you want to.
What the River Kept was shortlisted for the Nommo before it had a paperback. The Serial Room publishes a new chapter every Friday.
- Onitsha, Nigeria
- Writes in English, Igbo
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- 15 Jul 2026
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- English
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- 96 pages
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- 1.1 MB
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Ninety pages, read it twice
A verse novel that never feels like homework. The flood section is extraordinary. Deserved the shortlist.
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