I was always curious about the anxiety a person would feel when you open your mouth and you have an accent. You could have a Ph.D. or be a lawyer, but as soon as you say something, you may be diminished in the eyes of someone else.
Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, the color of my skin and my rather peculiar background as an Ethiopian immigrant delineated the border of my li… - Dinaw Mengestu
Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, the color of my skin and my rather peculiar background as an Ethiopian immigrant delineated the border of my li…
- Dinaw Mengestu
There are those who wake up each morning to conquer the day, and then there are those of us who wake up only because we have to. We live in the shado… - Dinaw Mengestu
There are those who wake up each morning to conquer the day, and then there are those of us who wake up only because we have to. We live in the shado…
The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears is very much about America - it just happens to have African and Ethiopian characters, and in fact, it happens… - Dinaw Mengestu
The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears is very much about America - it just happens to have African and Ethiopian characters, and in fact, it happens…
Don't think about how your characters sound, but how they see. Watch the world through their eyes - study the extraordinary and the mundane through t… - Dinaw Mengestu
Don't think about how your characters sound, but how they see. Watch the world through their eyes - study the extraordinary and the mundane through t…
We persist and linger longer than we think, leaving traces of ourselves wherever we go. If you take that away, then we all simply vanish. - Dinaw Mengestu
We persist and linger longer than we think, leaving traces of ourselves wherever we go. If you take that away, then we all simply vanish.
At night my father often heard sporadic gunfire mixed in with the sound of dogs howling. If the war came closer, soon there would be only minor diffe… - Dinaw Mengestu
At night my father often heard sporadic gunfire mixed in with the sound of dogs howling. If the war came closer, soon there would be only minor diffe…
When I was growing up, Forest Park was full of integrated families. It was amazing. One my best friends was Vietnamese. Another one was half-Mexican,… - Dinaw Mengestu
When I was growing up, Forest Park was full of integrated families. It was amazing. One my best friends was Vietnamese. Another one was half-Mexican,…
My mother could never have said she loved fall, but as she walked down the steps with her suitcase in hand toward the red Monte Carlo her husband had… - Dinaw Mengestu
My mother could never have said she loved fall, but as she walked down the steps with her suitcase in hand toward the red Monte Carlo her husband had…
You see, at the beginning we weren't fighters. We weren't yellers or throwers, even if we eventually came to be. It would take time and much deeper w… - Dinaw Mengestu
You see, at the beginning we weren't fighters. We weren't yellers or throwers, even if we eventually came to be. It would take time and much deeper w…
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