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As an adult, I discovered Claritin, and my whole world changed.

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Washington, D.C., is not a subtle city. Unlike the capitals of other once-great powers which, many hundreds of years old, present a more seamless meshing of monumental memory and daily life, D.C. is constructed to shout, 'Here I am! I am powerful!' to the world.

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D.C. is in my blood, my diction, my sensibility and style. I am, though, in love with a city that cannot fully love me back.

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Like all things, cities must change - even a city as enamoured of the past and memory as D.C.

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For me, I am really interested in how I can stretch myself to produce things. If, in the process, others take note and recognise that, then wonderful.

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I fundamentally believe that no one can teach you how to write - finding out how to write a story is part of the process of creating a story - but you can really learn through exposure to different writing, to different art forms, to different modes of storytelling, and with mentors who are able to get you to step outside your comfort zone.

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I've had great writing teachers and mentors and great success with my first book.

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I've got to keep on writing. That's non-negotiable. At the same time, one has to look at the world and recognise that writing is not the only thing to be done - I want to have an effect on the world.

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The denial with which many African leaders and communities greeted the appearance of HIV and AIDS across the continent in the 1990s is now considered a tragic mistake rather than a purposeful pushback against lingering colonial prejudice.

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We are not living in the same world we were immediately after the Cold War, when there seemed to be a greater belief in the universality of human rights and there was enough prosperity to make us question why we had not committed more resources to upholding the values we claimed to hold most dear.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: November 5th, 1982

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