Teju Cole's photostream

I use this account for my black and white photos. For color, see here: www.flickr.com/photos/61934781@N02/

I am a writer and photographer, raised in Lagos and now living in New York City. My novella "Every Day is for the Thief" was published by Cassava Republic (Nigeria) in 2007. My novel "Open City"; was published by Random House in February 2011. Here's a nice review of the book: www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2011/02/28/110228crb...

And find out more about me on my website:

www.tejucole.com/

If you add me as a contact, I'd be happy to reciprocate.

ELEGY

I open the first door.
It is a large sunlit room.
A heavy car passes outside
and makes the china quiver.

I open door number two.
Friends! You drank some darkness
and became visible.

Door number three. A narrow hotel room.
View on an alley.
One lamppost shines on the asphalt.
Experience, its beautiful slag.

—Tomas Tranströmer