"Skinned"

Year for Search
2018
Secondary Title
McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern
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Annotation

Dystopia set in an unnamed African country in which women past puberty are expected, based on religion and tradition, to wear no clothes until they are married. Most do, and the story is told from the perspective of an older, never married woman. 

Volume / Edition
no. 53
Pagination
61-82
Published Date

2018

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2018 Arimah, Lesley Nneka (b. 1983). “Skinned.” McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, no. 53 (2018): 61-82. Rpt. in McSweeney’s 74. Ed. Claire Boyle. The McSweeney’s Anthology of Contemporary Literature (2024): 9-32. PPU

Dystopia set in an unnamed African country in which women past puberty are expected, based on religion and tradition, to wear no clothes until they are married. Most do, and the story is told from the perspective of an older, never married woman. The female author was born in England, raised in Nigeria, and has lived in the United States since she was a teenager.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in McSweeney’s 74. Ed. Claire Boyle. The McSweeney’s Anthology of Contemporary Literature (2024): 9-32. 

Author Note

The female author (b. 1983) was born in England, raised in Nigeria, and has lived in the United States since she was a teenager.

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