DEAR SENTHURAN, THE DEATH OF VIVEK OJI, PET, FRESHWATER, CW: EVERYTHING (2022), YOU MADE A FOOL OF DEATH WITH YOUR BEAUTY (2022)
Adding a few more details to what I shared in this piece about writers and their literary agents for @TheCut! 
https://www.thecut.com/article/writers-on-finding-a-literary-agent.html …
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The agent at Wylie that Binya introduced me to was Sarah Chalfant, but it’s important to note that Wylie works as a team between New York and London, and when they say team, they really mean it.
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My point agent is Jacqueline Ko in the New York office, who is utterly fantastic and one of the best work partners I could have ever asked for. In the London office, it’s the equally phenomenal Alba Ziegler-Bailey and Ekin Oklap.
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There are so many brilliant others, such as Jackie’s current assistant Kristi Murray, because again, this is a genuine team effort. My experience with Wylie has been stellar—they’ve been extremely protective of me and my God, I really need that. This industry can be so violent.
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I’m forever grateful that Binya connected me to them. It wasn’t until recently that I discovered you apparently can’t query there? So his introduction meant more than I even realized at the time.
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I will say that in the last years, I withdrew from my relationship with Binya because he was espousing harmful views I couldn’t support. Just want to hold space for that because I know people were harmed and that’s important to recognize.
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When it comes to agents, it’s a crucial step in this industry, especially for African writers. I could’ve passed through that workshop & had a different career trajectory without that introduction to Wylie.
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Freshwater went out bare weeks after I signed with Wylie, and to be honest, having an agent helped me drop out of my toxic MFA program because I knew my work would be safe. We sold FW within the year and the rest is, well, epic.
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And look, my first agents were genuinely wonderful & amazingly supportive, it’s just that they were smaller & I needed a behemoth. People have told me their gripes with Wylie and I’m like oh yes, they are absolutely sharks. So am I, though.
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The genius homie Katherine Agyemaa Agard reminded me that everyone has different desires for how their work should move, so find what fits you. If we’re acquainted and you’d like an introduction to Wylie, hit me up. I am terrible at response times but I do pay it forward.
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