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More on Fiction & Poetry from The Atlantic Monthly.

Contents | Fiction Issue

From Atlantic Unbound:

"Grappling With Haiti’s Beasts" (June 22, 2004)
Edwidge Danticat talks about reconnecting with her homeland—and coming to terms with its legacy of violence—through fiction. By Dana Rousmaniere.

"Out of the Darkness" (July 11, 2006)
Ada Udechukwu, author of the short story "Night Bus," discusses art, writing, and the politics of her troubled homeland. By Jennie Rothenberg.


  

The Atlantic Monthly | Fiction Issue
 
Fiction

Night Bus

(page 1 of 4)

The treacherous route to Lagos

by Ada Udechukwu

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OQ h, make una form line!” The security officer’s voice rose and silenced the conversations around him. He waved the barrel of his automatic in a wide arc over the people congregated around the night bus to Lagos.

From Atlantic Unbound:

Interviews: "Out of the Darkness" (July 11, 2006)
Ada Udechukwu on art, writing, and the politics of her troubled homeland.


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Ada Udechukwu is the author of Woman, Me, a collection of poems and drawings. Her artwork has been exhibited in Nigeria and the United States.
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The Atlantic Monthly; Fiction Issue; Night Bus; Volume 0, No. 0; 46-56
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