Emefa Anka

“But the best thing about our house is that it’s a three-minute walk from the beach. Which isn’t always lucky when the water rises, but it has saved my life on the many days when I need a reminder the world is bigger than the one I know, & its currents are always moving;”
― Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land

“She & I became tight as freshly laundered jeans.”
― Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land

“All these lies that we've all swallowed,
they're probably rotting in our stomachs.”
― Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land

“I tug on my graduation dress, that was my priest meeting dress,
that is now my visa interview dress. I am clothed

in beginnings & endings. A lucky & unlucky garment.
But isn't every life adorned with both?”
― Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land