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LiteratureReviewsJan 18 2010Beneath the Lion’s GazeIn her searing first novel, Maaza Mengiste recounts the experiences of the 1974 Ethiopian revolution with memories crisp and scabs still unhealed and festering. W. W. Norton & Company1/11/2010Sep 08 2008The Beautiful Things That Heaven BearsBeautiful Things, for lack of a better expression, will speak "beautiful things" to beautiful people, and in that signify a marked entrance into a world of skillful story telling. US: Riverhead Books/UK: Jonathan Cape Ltd
PoemsMar 04 2009kristos/love/consciousness "are you sure, sweetheart, that you want to be well? Feb 22 2009When Still Waters Run i've been told Jan 27 2009niHna gapped teeth yellowed by the river's residue Jan 27 2009re-recognizingas often/my thirst for some conclusion had me drawing out some time and space from the generous well of the universe. my eyebrows bridged closer as if to curtain off from view anything that would entice Nov 17 2008Sep 08 2008Selections Her contract with the mother of winds has been signed in breath. FeaturesMar 10 2010Q&A with Maaza Mengiste, Author of ‘Beneath the Lion's Gaze’"I wanted to put into context my own memories of particular moments in Ethiopia during the early days of the revolution. I saw a type of fear that was raw and immediate, and I think even at that young age, I’d begun to understand the human capacity for cruelty." Sep 08 2008Dinaw MengestuWhat does gentrification have in common with violence in Africa? Dinaw Mengestu shares his experience writing the bestselling novel "The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears," giving insight to his writing career and life in Washington DC. Dec 02 2007Coded Inspiration: A Conversation with Mawi Asgedom
Though I have experienced many things as an individual, the elements that shaped me the most were those that I had at an early age with and within my family. Also it was a story that needed to be told. Mar 04 2007Yemane Barya: The Eritrean Griot
How do you write about passion, love, revolution, flawless poignancy, inexhaustible hope and painful yearning for freedom? How do you capture the heartbeats of millions and channel it through your soul and into the world? Mar 04 2007The Healing Conscious: Interview with Kifle Bantayehu
The true essence of poetry I feel is quite simple. Poetry is an expression of one’s emotions and environment in written form. Write from the heart, experiment, and most importantly, enjoy doing so. Jan 31 2007Words for A King: Baraka, Last Poets gather to remember Martin
If you were throwing a birthday party for civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whom would you invite? For the Anacostia Community Museum’s annual King program, “From Civil Rights to Black Power,” young poets from Mar 02 2006Braindrops :: An Interview with Robel Kassa
HA: Who are you? Describe yourself RK: That could be the whole interview. I am Robel Kassa. I am 25 years old. I was born in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. Jan 31 2005Jun 04 2002The Non-Poet Poet: Sennai Mussie
What is the next generation going to trace back to if what they have in the cultural archive is the gesturing of popping collars and flashing chains? How these diamond chains that influenced the change in rappers hand gestures were imported from the mother land at the expense of poor African children and poor men? There is a grand irony there when you look at it closely.
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