Tarisai Ngangura

1 week ago | electricliterature.com | Tarisai Ngangura

Reading Lists Every great story begins with the right voice Can you imagine telling a story so compelling and urgent, so wondrous and propulsive, that a person who originally planned to kill you instead lets you live another day, and then the next, and the next, all because the yarns are woven so well? In the broadest strokes, this is how Scheherazade, daughter of a high-ranking political advisor, avoided losing her head: oral storytelling. By beguiling the insecure and murderous ruler,...

1 month ago | dwell.com | Tarisai Ngangura

In shaping my debut book’s complex characters, I found that what truly makes a house is about much more than picking the right wall color. When I was writing my debut novel, The Ones We Loved (out May 6 from Park Row/Harper Collins), I spent quite a long time helping each character pick out their house and choose what furniture to place inside. These spaces would mirror the characters’ states of rest and unrest, so they had to be familiar and malleable.

Feb 20, 2025 | pitchfork.com | Tarisai Ngangura

When I saw Kelela live in 2023, I remember finding something quite cat-like about her onstage performance. Her movements were frantic yet sharp, and in some instances, languid; she seemed always keenly aware of her body, even in a state of relaxation. This is how I imagined the D.C. native’s physical choreography while listening to her live album, In the Blue Light, recorded at New York’s hallowed Blue Note Jazz Club.

Jan 25, 2025 | msn.com | Tarisai Ngangura

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Jan 25, 2025 | theguardian.com | Tarisai Ngangura

“The beginning begins with the shoes. When a child I am never able to abide being barefoot and always beg for shoes, anybody’s shoes, even on the hottest days. My mother, a minha mãe, is angry at what she says are my prettify ways.”This is how readers are introduced to Florens, an enslaved girl with tender feet in A Mercy, Toni Morrison’s ninth novel.