Tomi Obaro

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Writer and Culture Editor at New York Magazine

Writer, culture editor @nymag, paperback version of my novel DELE WEDS DESTINY out now

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The Best Irish Novels From the Past 15 Years

Nov 21, 2024 | msn.com | Tomi Obaro

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The Best Irish Novels From the Past 15 Years

Nov 20, 2024 | vulture.com | Tomi Obaro |Emma Alpern |Sarah Gilmartin |Maris Kreizman

We asked critics for the best Irish novels published in the past 15 years. It’s a truism that the Irish cast a long and influential shadow over English-language literature. James Joyce appears near the top of most lists of influential writers, and more recently, Sally Rooney discourse clogs our feeds every time she publishes a new novel. Last year, four of the five writers longlisted for the Booker Prize were Irish.
The Best Irish Novels From the Past 15 Years

Nov 20, 2024 | flipboard.com | Tomi Obaro

'Heretic' Is Actually Pretty Accurate About Mormonism, Although the Church DisagreesHeretic is the latest release to come from A24, a studio adored both critically and commercially for the incredible quality of the films it puts out. …
Legendary Bassist Ron Carter Doesn’t Have Any Preshow Rituals

Sep 9, 2024 | vulture.com | Tomi Obaro

You’ve likely heard Ron Carter play, even if you may not have realized it. The 87-year-old double bassist holds the Guinness World Record for the most recorded performances; he’s played bass for artists as disparate as Miles Davis, A Tribe Called Quest, Roberta Flack, and Billy Joel. Starting October 1, he’ll be holding a residency at Birdland, where he’ll perform jazz arrangements and original compositions with four different bands.
Larry Owens on His New Show ‘Gypsy 3000’ at Joe’s Pub

Sep 3, 2024 | vulture.com | Tomi Obaro

“Rehearsal is limitless options. It’s blue skies. It’s best idea wins.” Like many millennial artists, Owens is a multihyphenate. “The economy mandates,” he says, that he sing, act, write, and do comedy. He won a Drama Desk Award in 2020 for his lead role in the original Playwrights Horizons run of A Strange Loop, has made recurring guest appearances on the sitcom Abbott Elementary, and, on September 9, he’ll premiere his one-person show, Gypsy 3000, at Joe’s Pub.
When Writing a Novel Bridges a Gap Between Mother and Daughter

Aug 8, 2023 | lithub.com | Tomi Obaro

I was deep in the throes of a slow-moving depression, feeling frustrated with a job I had held for seven years, and reeling from the disappointment of a first novel that debuted without the critical and commercial acclaim I was afraid to admit I desired. So I called my mother. “I think I need a break,” I told her. I fantasized about not working, forced time off (a prescient, bitter irony, as I would be laid off in two months’ time). I couldn’t sleep.
The Delightful Comedy That’s Filling the 30 Rock-Shaped Hole in Our Hearts

Jun 14, 2023 | msn.com | Tomi Obaro

Teen heartthrob ChaseDreams has just broken up with his girlfriend Pam after a whirlwind 18-day romance, and has naïvely already tweeted out the news. Now the only option, his older-sister-turned-manager Brooke and his publicist Shuli insist, is to send Pam to go live out the rest of her days in the woods before Chase’s fans dox her to death.
Why You Should Read Senegalese Author Ousmane Sembène’s "God’s Bits Of Wood"

May 8, 2023 | buzzfeed.com | Tomi Obaro

Welcome to Read This, where we recommend something old or new to add to your ever-growing book pile. God’s Bits of Wood by Ousmane Sembène, translated by Francis PriceSince spending a week in Dakar last month, I’ve been on a Sembène kick. The famed film director was also a prolific writer; he only turned to film when he realized he could reach a wider audience through that medium.
Emmanuel Acho Should Read This Memoir About The Biafran War

May 8, 2023 | buzzfeed.com | Tomi Obaro

Welcome to Read This, where we recommend something old or new to add to your ever-growing book pile. I Am Still With You: A Reckoning With Silence, Inheritance, and History by Emmanuel Iduma Fifty-three years after the Biafran War ended, the impact of the devastating Nigerian civil war remains mostly undercovered in the public imagination save for Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s 2006 novel, .
You Should Read This Acclaimed Erotic Novel-In-Verse

May 8, 2023 | buzzfeed.com | Tomi Obaro

Welcome to Read This, where we recommend something old or new to add to your ever-growing book pile. BuzzFeed may collect a share of sales or other compensation from the links on this page if you decide to shop from them. A young woman who lives in Brooklyn with her boyfriend and cat leaves said boyfriend to date a woman. “True Life: Turning Twenty-Eight in Brooklyn,” the narrator of this slim novel-in-verse jokes.