**FEATURED ON THE COVER OF TIME MAGAZINE AS A 2021 NEXT GENERATION LEADER** ** “ **** A once-in-a-generation voice.” – Vulture **** ****“One of our greatest living writers.” – Shondaland* * ** A full-throated and provocative memoir in letters from the **New York Times** bestselling author, **** “ **** a dazzling literary talent whose works cut to the quick of the spiritual self **** ” ( **Esquire** )** In their critically acclaimed novels, Akwaeke Emezi has introduced readers to a landscape marked by familial tensions, Igbo belief systems, and a boundless search for what it means to be free. Now, in this extraordinary memoir, the bestselling author of *The Death of Vivek Oji* reveals the harrowing yet resolute truths of their own life. Through candid, intimate correspondence with friends, lovers, and family, Emezi traces the unfolding of a self and the unforgettable journey of a creative spirit stepping into power in the human world. Their story weaves through transformative decisions about their gender and body, their precipitous path to success as a writer, and the turmoil of relationships on an emotional, romantic, and spiritual plane, culminating in a book that is as tender as it is brutal. Electrifying and inspiring, animated by the same voracious intelligence that distinguishes Emezi’s fiction, *Dear Senthuran* is a revelatory account of storytelling, self, and survival.