“Every once in a while, a novel is so compelling that it changes your sense of a place…Creatures of passage is that book.” - washington post
“Creatures of Passage resists comparison. It’s reminiscent of “Beloved” as well as the “Odyssey”…clashing elements become, in this cast, a cohesive whole, telling us that this, too, is America.” - New York Times
“Creatures of Passage shines a light on a section of the city mostly ignored by fiction writerS.” - 18 Books That Capture the Spirit and Essence of Living in D.C., Washington Post
Features
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Features 〰️
How Morowa Yejidé re-created 1970s D.C. for her acclaimed new book - Washington Post Magazine (Photo credit: Marvin Joseph)
Novelist Morowa Yejidé Talks About Breakout Book ‘Creatures of Passage’ The DC native is earning accolades for her tale of 1970s Washington. - Washingtonian
This D.C. Native Has Written A Haunted Novel About The District’s History - DCist
There’s a Kind of Magic in Blooming Late - Bloom Magazine
In Conversation - Writer’s Center
2022 women’s fiction prize longlist
great britain’s iNewspaper: The Washington DC that few tourists see, as told by novelist and native Morowa Yejidé
UK: Addicted to Media 5-Star Review. LYRICAL YET BRUTAL: MOROWA YEJIDÉ'S 'CREATURES OF PASSAGE
MOROWA YEJIDÉ, a native of Washington, DC, is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Time of the Locust, which was a 2012 finalist for the PEN/Bellwether Prize, long-listed for the 2015 PEN/Bingham Prize, and a 2015 NAACP Image Award nominee. Her most recent novel, Creatures of Passage, was shortlisted for the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence and a 2021 Notable Book selection by NPR and the Washington Post. She lives in the DC area with her husband and three sons. PRONUNCIATION: Mo-RO-wa YAY-je-DAY.
Coming Soon
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Coming Soon 〰️
DC citywide virtual book club reads creatures of passage Dec 4, 2023 Join us!
PREVIOUS EVENTS
DC Public Library system picks Creatures of Passage as State book @ the National Book Festival, August 2023
First Draft Podcast, “She Could Already Feel Herself as Being Part of the Next World.” Morowa Yejidé on the Interplay Between Life and Death,” Lit Hub, December 2022
Miami Book Fair, November 20, 2022
An American Haunting, Fall for the Book Festival, George Mason University, October 15, 2022
Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend Event, Akashic All Stars, Greenlight Books, September 29, 2022
Joy Keys Chats with Author Morowa Yejide, Blog Talk Radio, August 13, 2022
DC Public Library - Anacostia Branch Author Visit, July 28, 2022
Creatures of Passage Paperback Launch, Politics & Prose Union Market, July 5, 2022
Wilkes University Lit Fest ‘22, Featured Reading, June 23, 2022
Washington Writers Conference, DC Narratives Panel, May 14, 2022
Lost City Books, In Conversation with Booker Prize Winner Ben Okri on Every Leaf a Hallelujah & Astonishing the Gods, February 25, 2022
Chatter on Books, Year in Review on Creatures of Passage, December, 14, 2021
University of the District of Columbia, Author Visit, November 10, 2021
Supermajority Book Club, November 6, 2021
F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival, Readings in Tribute to John Edgar Wideman, October 29, 2021.
Brooklyn Book Festival, “Blurred Realities,” Oct 3, 2021
Center for Black Literature, “Black Women Writers at Work: A Literary Salon,” September 30, 2021
On the Margin with Ethelbert Miller, Creatures of Passage Podcast, June 17, 2021
Chatter on Books with Torie Clark, Podcast with David Aldridge and Ron Charles, June 7, 2021
“Octavia Tried to Tell Us” Author chat with Tananarive Due & Rev Monica Coleman, May 15, 2021
Gaithersburg Book Festival, Dark Fantasy Panel with P. Djeli Clark, May 11, 2021
Lost City Books Author Visit in conversation with Amma Addo, May 6, 2021
Sistah SciFi Book Club, Creatures of Passage chat w/Author, April 30, 2021
Kallion Advisor Circle, Creatures of Passage Discussion, April 15, 2021
Ivy Book Shop Virtual Author Visit, April 8, 2021
Loyalty Books, In Conversation with Jeffery Renard Allen, April 7, 2021
BookMarks Festival, In Conversation with Bernice McFadden, April 1, 2021
Epic City, In Conversation with Carolivia Heron, March 30, 2021
River Bend Books, In Conversation with Tananarive Due & Moderated by Mary Kay Zuravleff, March 25, 2021
Writers Center Craft Chat, March 18, 2021
Mahogany Books, Creatures of Passage Launch, March 16, 2021