A 2009 PEN Beyond Margins award winner, Say You're One of Them is Uwem Akpan's first collection of short stories. Read more about the author in his own words. More...

Read this excerpt from Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan. An Ex-Mas Feast is one story in this collection. More...

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Oprah shares her thoughts and feelings about Uwem Akpan's collection of short stories Say You're One of Them. Plus, share your own video messages, and stories and photos from Africa. More...

Say You're One of Them is Oprah's latest pick, and also a book club first. Find out why it why this collection of short stories from a first-time author made the book club list. More...

Inspiration works in mysterious ways. How the author of Oprah's latest book club pick, Say You're One of Them, Uwem Akpan, found his other calling. More...

Uwem Akpan is a Jesuit priest, as well as an award-winning author. Akpan answers your questions about his order, how his faith plays a part in his work, where he finds his inspiration and what his childhood was like. More...

Though the stories in Uwem Akpan's Say You're One of Them are fictional, they are inspired by real events. Read the personal stories of Angelique Kidjo and Corneille Nyungura, two African musicians who lived the stories of this powerful book and are worki More...

Grammy-winning African musician Angelique Kidjo was so moved by Uwem Akpan's Say You're One of Them she wrote a song called Agbalagba in its honor. Read about Kidjo's personal journey and how she's making a difference in the lives of Africa's children. More...

African musician Corneille Nyungura shares with Oprah.com how he survived the genocide of Rwanda in the early 1990s and how love and pride helped him carry on. More...

Grammy-winning African musician Angelique Kidjo was so moved by Uwem Akpan's Say You're One of Them, she wrote a song called Agbalagba in its honor. More...

In this video blog, Oprah talks about the story What Language Is That in Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan. Learn what about this story gave Oprah a greater appreciation of the bond between friends. More...

Uwem Akpan, Anne Lamott, Mary Karr and Junot Diaz talk about what makes them feel most like (or unlike) themselves. More...

In this video blog, Oprah talks about the story Luxurious Hearses in Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan. Learn why Oprah says this story is a stunner and left her gasping at the end. More...

Listen to an audio clip from My Parents' Bedroom, the last story in Uwem Akpan's collection Say You're One of Them. More...

In this blog, Oprah discusses the story My Parents' Bedroom in Uwem Akpan's collection, Say You're One of Them. More...

African musician, activist and actor Derrick Ashong explains why he feels Uwem Akpan's Say You're One of Them accurately portrays the challenges facing Africa and why he took the book personally. More...

Join Oprah and Say You're One of Them author Uwem Akpan for their in-depth discussion about Uwem's book and the challenges facing Africa. More...

Oprah and Say You're One of Them author Uwem Akpan discuss his book on Oprah.com and CNN.com with Facebook. More...

As promised, I'm blogging about the first story of our current book club selection, +Say You're One of Them+ by Uwem Akpan, titled "An Ex-mas Feast." If you haven't finished the story, I suggest you do before you read this -- you'll get much more out of i More...

The webcast transcript of Oprah's Book Club discussion of Uwem Akpan's book, Say You're One of Them. More...

CNN's Anderson Cooper asks Uwem Akpan, author of Say You're One of Them, how he was able to capture the perspective and voices of children so well in his stories. More...

Learn about the five short stories that make up Uwem Akpan's book Say You're One of Them. More...