Nii Ayikwei Parkes

Ghana (b.1974)

He has published in over 30 magazines, e-zines and journals and have written, contributed to or edited more than 10 books.

Genres: Literary Fiction

Novels

Tail of the Blue Bird (2009)
Azucar (2023)

Collections

   Eyes of a Boy, Lips of a Man (poems) (2001)
   M Is for Madrigal (poems) (2004)
   Ballast (poems) (2009)
   The Makings of You (poems) (2010)
   This is Not a Love Poem (poems) (2011)
   Filigree (poems) (2018)
   The Geez (poems) (2020)

Anthologies edited

   Tell Tales (2004) (with Courttia Newland)
   Dance the Guns to Silence (2005) (with Kadija Sesay)
   X-24: Unclassified (2007) (with Tash Aw)
   South of South (2011)

Nii Ayikwei Parkes recommends

Ada's Room (2023)
Sharon Dodua Otoo
"A work of fierce imagination, by turns visceral, measured and experimental."

Books containing stories by Nii Ayikwei Parkes

Glimpse (2022)
An Anthology of Black British Speculative Fiction
edited by
Leone Ross

Africa39 (2014)
New Writing from Africa south of the Sahara
edited by
Ellah Wakatama Allfrey

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