BackStory: Three Questions with Barbara Buckley Ristine Author of Faerie Coffins What inspired you to write this ‘Faerie Coffins’? I spent a day in the Scottish National Museum in Edinburgh, and I was fascinated by an exhibit about the miniature…
Faerie Coffins
Faerie Coffins by Barbara Buckley Ristine Ma says not to go to Arthur’s Seat. “The faeries will snatch ye—they come for bairns.” I believe her and I’m afraid to go, but Ian says there’s no such thing as faeries, and…
BackStory: Five Questions with H. A. Eugene
BackStory: Five Questions with H. A. Eugene Author of Awake Since ’78 What inspired you to write ‘Awake Since ’78’? Police reports are descriptions of events (crimes) based on witness statements. They are intended to be objective; the problem is, they…
Awake Since ’78
Awake Since ’78 by H. A. Eugene Robbery/assault Corner of Turk and Hyde A white male and an Asian female left 222 Club shortly before 11 PM when three African American males in black “hoodie” sweatshirts allegedly pushed them to…
BackStory: Five Questions with Mileva Anastasiadou
BackStory: Five Questions with Mileva Anastasiadou Author of rEVOLt What inspired you to write ‘Revolt’? The Polytechnic Uprising took place in Greece in November 1973, starting as a students demonstration against the military junta imposed in 1967, and ending on…
rEVOLt
rEVOLt by Mileva Anastasiadou She’d never forget that day, that glorious day of protest, a joyful day at first, as joyful days are when change is around the corner. She’d never forget his hand in hers, the warmth of his…
BackStory: Eight Questions with Ahmad Adedimeji Amobi
BackStory: Eight Questions with Ahmad Adedimeji Amobi Author of This House What inspired you to write ‘This House’? The Ife/Modakeke crises in the south-western part of Nigeria. Were there any interesting facts, details, or turns of phrase that didn’t quite…
This House
This House by Ahmad Adedimeji Amobi I mustn’t take a step further. This house hoards the memories that shred before me. My father, sitting on his long back chair, holding his pipe in his hand, blowing flames into the air.…
BackStory: Six Questions with Mehreen Ahmed
BackStory: Six Questions with Mehreen Ahmed Author of East Bengal, 1971 What inspired you to write ‘East Bengal, 1971’? I was reading an article on the Bangladesh Independence movement of 1971 one day in a newspaper. The article was about…
East Bengal, 1971
East Bengal, 1971 by Mehreen Ahmed It was lunch time in Madhupur. Taramon, a motherless farmer’s daughter of 24, was just getting ready to sit down with her four siblings for lunch. Their father had left for the field early…