Author Teju Cole Talks His New Essay On Immigration, Twitter, And Censorship

Teju Cole has a history of innovative story telling on Twitter and has now released a lengthy, straight-to-Twitter essay. BuzzFeed spoke with Cole about his new essay, the benefits of Twitter as a platform, and the injustices of the current immigration system.

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Cole is no stranger to writing on Twitter, having published fiction on the platform before, but this essay is something new entirely. The essay was told in an innovative way, tailored specifically for platform. Each person in the nonfiction essay had their own Twitter account and their quotes were retweeted into the the timeline of the essay.

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