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Reading Women releases new episodes every Wednesday. Each month features two episodes on the same theme—one highlighting a range of titles and one discussing two titles more in depth—and two author interviews with women writers whose work we’ve loved.
In this week’s episode, Kendra talks with Meron Hadero about her short story, “Street Sweep”, which recently won the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing. Plus, Didi sent along questions for Meron too! #TeamWork
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Things Mentioned
AKO Caine Prize for African Writing - About the Prize
Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing
Didi’s Introduction to the AKO Caine Prize
Didi’s Q&A with Iryn Tushabe
Didi’s Q&A with Meron Hadero
Didi’s Q&A with Doreen Baingana
Books Mentioned
“Street Sweep” by Meron Hadero
A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times: Stories
Meron Recommends
The Other Shortlisted Cain Prize Authors
What it Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah
The Office of Historical Corrections: A Novella and Stories by Danielle Evans
The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste
Addis Ababa Noir (Akashic Noir) edited by Maaza Mengiste
About the Author
Meron Hadero is an Ethiopian-American who was born in Addis Ababa and came to the U.S. via Germany as a young child. She is the winner of the 2020 Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing. Her short stories have been shortlisted for the 2019 Caine Prize for African Writing and published in Zyzzyva, Ploughshares, Addis Ababa Noir, McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, The Iowa Review, The Missouri Review, New England Review, Best American Short Stories, among others.
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Reading Women
Reading Women releases new episodes every Wednesday. Each month features two episodes on the same theme—one highlighting a range of titles and one discussing two titles more in depth—and two author interviews with women writers whose work we’ve loved.
