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.’
Essays & Memoir | Issue 124
Six Brazilian Songs
Teju Cole
Teju Cole shares six favourite Brazilian songs.
Essays & Memoir | Issue 124
Home: Reflections for Anthony Shadid
Various Contributors
‘I realize it is my fault: whenever I live in any country, everything turns wrong. I see it as a gift.’
Essays & Memoir | Issue 120
Blind Spot
Teju Cole
‘I heard faint noises, the occasional car going down another street, a voice lightly thrown from its unseen body, the hum of distant machines, and the sound of my own breathing as I put one foot in.’