Teju Cole
Teju Cole’s recent books include the essay collection Known and Strange Things and the photobook Fernweh. He is a professor in the Department of English at Harvard University. Photograph © Maggie-Janik
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Essays & Memoir | Issue 124
Water Has No Enemy
Teju Cole
‘The city is a sea that can swallow you at any time, a monster that can lash out without warning, a hell of variables and uncertainties.’