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Taiye Selasi Reads “Firstborn Immigrant Daughter”

Taiye Selasi Reads “Firstborn Immigrant Daughter”

25 min

Taiye Selasi reads her story “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/06/08/firstborn-immigrant-daughter-fiction-taiye-selasi">Firstborn Immigrant Daughter</a>,” from the July 8, 2026, issue of the magazine. Selasi is an author and photographer. Her début novel, “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0143124978">Ghana Must Go</a>,” a New York Times best-seller, was published in 2013, the year she was named one of the best young British novelists by Granta.

Taiye Selasi reads her story “Firstborn Immigrant Daughter,” from the July 8, 2026, issue of the magazine. Selasi is an author and photographer. Her début novel, “Ghana Must Go,” a New York Times best-seller, was published in 2013, the year she was named one of the best young British novelists by Granta.


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