Derek Owusu

Praise for That Reminds Me

A dreamy, impressionistic offeringof reassembled fragments of memories emerging through the misty beauty of a deliciously individualistic poetic sensibility with flashes of Twi and UK London ebonics to further remin ...
Bernadine Evaristo, Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other

When writing is this honest, it soars. I think that this is why the words in this collection fly around you and settle, as they have. What an incredible use of language and truth. Hope this reaches all the mandem. W ...
Yrsa Daley-Ward

These are words that come from the heart, the lived life and owned observations. Powerful and moving. Social realism at its best.
Alex Wheatle

A dreamy, impressionistic offeringof reassembled fragments of memories emerging through the misty beauty of a deliciously individualistic poetic sensibility with flashes of Twi and UK London ebonics to further remin ...
Bernadine Evaristo, Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other

When writing is this honest, it soars. I think that this is why the words in this collection fly around you and settle, as they have. What an incredible use of language and truth. Hope this reaches all the mandem. W ...
Yrsa Daley-Ward

These are words that come from the heart, the lived life and owned observations. Powerful and moving. Social realism at its best.
Alex Wheatle

A dreamy, impressionistic offeringof reassembled fragments of memories emerging through the misty beauty of a deliciously individualistic poetic sensibility with flashes of Twi and UK London ebonics to further remin ...
Bernadine Evaristo, Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other

When writing is this honest, it soars. I think that this is why the words in this collection fly around you and settle, as they have. What an incredible use of language and truth. Hope this reaches all the mandem. W ...
Yrsa Daley-Ward

These are words that come from the heart, the lived life and owned observations. Powerful and moving. Social realism at its best.
Alex Wheatle

Articles featuring Derek Owusu

Interviews

The Penguin Podcast: episode 2 – Black History Month

Joining us in our book-filled studio this week is broadcaster and author Zeinab Badawi, who shares her journey chronicling Africa’s spectacular history through the voices of African historians, archaeologists, and local storytellers. Plus, we put your reading requests to award-winning author Derek Owusu to top up your reading pile with books by Black authors to […]

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‘It was the first time I saw myself in literature’: Penguin authors on the book they wish they read in school

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Derek Owusu

Praise for That Reminds Me

A dreamy, impressionistic offeringof reassembled fragments of memories emerging through the misty beauty of a deliciously individualistic poetic sensibility with flashes of Twi and UK London ebonics to further remin ...

When writing is this honest, it soars. I think that this is why the words in this collection fly around you and settle, as they have. What an incredible use of language and truth. Hope this reaches all the mandem. W ...

These are words that come from the heart, the lived life and owned observations. Powerful and moving. Social realism at its best.

A dreamy, impressionistic offeringof reassembled fragments of memories emerging through the misty beauty of a deliciously individualistic poetic sensibility with flashes of Twi and UK London ebonics to further remin ...

When writing is this honest, it soars. I think that this is why the words in this collection fly around you and settle, as they have. What an incredible use of language and truth. Hope this reaches all the mandem. W ...

These are words that come from the heart, the lived life and owned observations. Powerful and moving. Social realism at its best.

A dreamy, impressionistic offeringof reassembled fragments of memories emerging through the misty beauty of a deliciously individualistic poetic sensibility with flashes of Twi and UK London ebonics to further remin ...

When writing is this honest, it soars. I think that this is why the words in this collection fly around you and settle, as they have. What an incredible use of language and truth. Hope this reaches all the mandem. W ...

These are words that come from the heart, the lived life and owned observations. Powerful and moving. Social realism at its best.

Articles featuring Derek Owusu

The Penguin Podcast: episode 2 – Black History Month

‘It was the first time I saw myself in literature’: Penguin authors on the book they wish they read in school

Books to read if you loved The Queen’s Gambit

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