‘Son of Elsewhere,’ a Funny and Frank Story About Life After a Big Move - The New York Times

In his “memoir in pieces,” Elamin Abdelmahmoud writes about the years after he and his family emigrated from Sudan to Canada when he was 12.

A writer for BuzzFeed, Abdelmahmoud knows his cultural references, but he wears them lightly. A quote from Roland Barthes slips, effortlessly and unpretentiously, into thoughts about crushes and the … [+1725 chars]

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