The LifeBloom Gift is delightful. That was the word that stayed with me after I finished the story, and that is the feeling that powers its 11 pages: moments of actual delight, caused by the story’s sweet absurdity, its utter strangeness, and the intimate and convincing voice of the narrator—an unnamed TSA agent about whom we […]
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Why This African Writer Wins 15,000 Dollars But Receives Only 3000
The winner of this year’s edition of the Caine Prize for African Writing is Zambia’s Namwali Serpell. She competed against Elnathan John, F.T Kola, Masande Ntashanga and Segun Afolabi. But her story “The Sack” got her the highly-coveted literary award, making her 15,600-dollar richer. Here is where things get interesting. The UC Berkley English professor says she doesn’t […]
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