Stephen Hawking once said, ‘Without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist.’ Every small stray opens up a new way, an Eden of forking digression… - Namwali Serpell

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Stephen Hawking once said, ‘Without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist.’ Every small stray opens up a new way, an Eden of forking digressions.

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About Namwali Serpell

Namwali Serpell (born 1980) is a Zambian writer who teaches in the United States.

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Alternative Names: Carla Namwali Serpell C. Namwali Serpell C. N. Serpell Serpell, Carla Namwali Serpell, C. Namwali Serpell, Namwali N. Serpell
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Old like her father was old, a shaggy shambling old, an old where you'd lost the order of things and felt so sad that you simply had to embrace the loss, reassuring yourself with the lie that you hadn't really wanted all that order to begin with.

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