Gothataone Moeng

Apr 11, 2024 | channel3000.com | Maggie Ginsberg |Gothataone Moeng

The Whiting Foundation announced the winners of its 39th annual Whiting Awards, which honor ten emerging writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama with a $50,000 award. This year two of those ten — Gothataone Moeng and Ada Zhang, both writers of fiction — are based in Madison.

Apr 12, 2023 | wsj.com | Gothataone Moeng

For the Traveler’s Tale series, we ask fiction and non-fiction writers to share one of their most indelible travel memories.

Apr 12, 2023 | iqfin.net | Gothataone Moeng

Its a reality for those who become caregivers for parents back home. Author Gothataone Moeng explores what happens when a trip takes her back to Botswana to care for her mother.

Feb 7, 2023 | penguinrandomhouse.com | Gothataone Moeng |Claire Messud |Stewart O’Nan |Naomi Jackson

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Feb 3, 2023 | startribune.com | Gothataone Moeng

In Gothataone Moeng's debut collection of stories, "Call and Response," the living sometimes invoke the dead. They call to the long-departed Batalaote people of Serowe, a village in Bostwana. "O Batalaote, Batalaote!" they say, asking for guidance, or at other times, surrendering with chagrin to customs out of step with modern life, especially in the capital city of Gaborone.