Mubanga Kalimamukwento

Dec 4, 2024 | news.lee.net | Mubanga Kalimamukwento |Chris Hewitt |Laurie Hertzel

It was a big year for the writer whose publisher used to be Minnesota-based Graywolf Press. "Erasure," which Graywolf released before Everett's move to Doubleday, was adapted for the movie "American Fiction," winning an Oscar for screenwriter Cord Jefferson. And then came "James," a spin on "Huckleberry Finn" that does just about everything a novel can do.

Nov 25, 2024 | columbian.com | Chris Hewitt |Mubanga Kalimamukwento

News / Life / Entertainment Listen up: A native of Zambia, Mubanga Kalimamukwento is a lawyer who recently took the bar exam so she can practice in Minnesota (she’s awaiting her scores). She’s a Fulbright scholar. She has a master’s of fine arts degree in creative writing and just began a doctoral program in feminist studies. She’s married, with two kids. Oh, and she’s about to publish “Obligations to the Wounded,” a searing and hilarious collection of stories about women and girls who share...

Nov 3, 2024 | post-gazette.com | Mubanga Kalimamukwento

“Obligations to the Wounded” is a marvel of a collection. Mubanga Kalimamukwento invites us into a Zambia that is both a country and mindset, a landscape imbued with the kind of love for complexity we see from the most gifted writers. Her debut short-story collection is a testament to the feminine power of oral and written traditions, as well as a celebration of the human experience including identity, sexuality, duty, and the unearthing of hope within moments of desperation.

Oct 30, 2024 | kansascity.com | Mubanga Kalimamukwento

Listen up: A native of Zambia, Mubanga Kalimamukwento is a lawyer who recently took the bar exam so she can practice in Minnesota (she's awaiting her scores). She's a Fulbright scholar. She has a master's of fine arts degree in creative writing and just began a doctoral program in feminist studies. She's married, with two kids. Oh, and she's about to publish "Obligations to the Wounded," a searing and hilarious collection of stories about women and girls who share her Zambian heritage.

Oct 10, 2024 | shelf-awareness.com | Sarah Sawyer |Taylor Hahn |Mubanga Kalimamukwento |Marissa Stapley

Among the outstanding titles reviewed in this week's issue are Final Cut by comics legend Charles Burns, whose surreal and astute new graphic novel depicts teens' creative experimentations with storytelling through film; and Rift in Time by lawyer and human rights activist Raja Shehadeh, who poignantly blends family history with hope for the future of Palestine; as well as The Elements of Marie Curie by Dava Sobel, who "paints a human portrait not of an isolated genius, but of a woman who...