![]() With the precision of someone who has studied the art of the body in motion, Oyeyemi whirls surely from one tale to the next (adding an irreverent hop and a skip) in her latest short story collection, What is Not Yours is Not Yours. What is certain is that the dance lessons paid off. One wonders whether Oyeyemi sups deeply of some fortifying, moonstruck brew-or perhaps her bubble baths effervesce, while ours merely fizz. She learned to speak Czech, and to waltz. She spent that winter submerged in a cavernous bathtub, checking off her reading agenda (short story collections) with cups of tea always close at hand. ![]() In a museful snippet-cum-travelogue published by Lenny Letter earlier this month, Helen Oyeyemi detailed the auto-didacticism that characterized her first visit to Prague, where she now lives on a permanent basis. ![]()
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