Join us as we celebrate the publication of the first novel by Nigerian author Uwem Akpan, New York, My Village (W.W. Norton). In this immigrant novel, Akpan writes about NYC with the same promise and pain we saw in the African cities he depicted in his acclaimed short story collection, Say You're One of Them. "New York City has always mystified me since I first spent two weeks in the Bronx in 1993," he says. "It was only when I lived in Manhattan in 2013 that I began to understand the metro system, to visit the different neighborhoods, to enjoy the endless ethnic dishes. It didn't also take long before I discovered the city's crazy underbelly.”At this special Rain Taxi event, Akpan will be in conversation with fellow Nigerian writer Okey Ndibe, author of several