On fiction, grief, and, most of all, ‘radical honesty’
Arts & Culture On fiction, grief, and, most of all, ‘radical honesty’ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie shares with readers the story behind ‘Dream Count,’ a novel she was scared she’d never finish Anna Lamb Harvard Staff Writer March 12, 2025 5 min read Chimamanda Ngozi AdichiePhotos by Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer For Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, fiction is a calling. Last week, the former Radcliffe fellow and 2018 Class Day speaker visited Harvard Square to mark another milestone in her vocation with the release of “Dream Count” — a book more than 10 years in the making. The author of four novels, Adichie published her third, the critically acclaimed “Americanah,” in 2013. For a while, she worried there wouldn’t be another. “Dream Count” is “actually quite an emotional moment for me because in some ways, I can’t believe that I’ve actually written a novel,” Adichie told a packed crowd gathered in the First Parish Church for an event sponsored by Harvard Book...