{"nodes":[{"node":{"nid":"111851","title":"ASU English professor wins NAACP Image Award for fiction","body":"Nnedi Okorafor can\u2019t imagine writing a book that wasn\u2019t personal to her.In fact,\u0026nbsp;Okorafor, a professor of practice in Arizona State University\u2019s Department of English, knows she wouldn\u2019t be capable of such a thing.\u201cIf someone asked me to write something that was not connected to me, I couldn\u2019t\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-03-05T11:40:54-07:00\u0022\u003E03\/05\/2026-11:40am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Nnedi Okorafor, a professor of practice at ASU, has been honored with the 2026 NAACP Image Award for fiction for her novel \u201cDeath of the Author,\u201d which explores fame, the Nigerian diaspora, disability, writing, AI and robots.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n","teaser":"Nnedi Okorafor can\u2019t imagine writing a book that wasn\u2019t personal to her.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-03\/nnedi-okorafor_photo_by_colleen_durkin.jpeg?itok=5Fq0ez9q","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260305-arts-humanities-and-education-asu-english-professor-wins-naacp-image-award-fiction","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU News","contributor-contact-information-name":"Scott Bordow","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-03\/nnedi-okorafor_photo_by_colleen_durkin.jpeg?itok=5Fq0ez9q","image_alt":"A black and white portrait of a black woman wearing glasses and large earrings with her hair gathered in a traditional African style on top of her head","image_caption":"This February, ASU Professor of Practice Nnedi Okorafor was honored with the 2026 NAACP Image Award for fiction and released the latest book in her trilogy series. 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It\u2019s a way of living and learning, a history that has been passed down for generations \u2014 and a touchstone of many Black communities.\n\n\u201cYou can\u2019t separate the Black experience from the music,\u201d said Joyce McCall, an\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222024-02-19T11:51:30-07:00\u0022\u003E02\/19\/2024-11:51am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Faculty from ASU\u0026#039;s School of Music, Dance and Theatre gathered during Black History Month to discuss music, life and learning at The Nash jazz club and educational space in downtown Phoenix.","teaser":"By Benjamin Adelberg","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2024-02\/pxl_20240209_014513708.jpg?itok=329y6ohP","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20240219-arts-humanities-and-education-asu-jazz-experts-discuss-music-life-and-learning-downtown","hide_byline":"1","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"","contributor-contact-information-name":"","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2024-02\/pxl_20240209_014513708.jpg?itok=329y6ohP","image_alt":"Five people sit on a stage facing an unseen audience as one speaks into a microphone.","image_caption":"Faculty from ASU\u0026#039;s School of Music, Dance and Theatre gathered during Black History Month to discuss music, life and learning at The Nash jazz club and educational space in downtown Phoenix. 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