Writing Toward the Inescapable: On Scholastique Mukasonga’s “Igifu”
Martha Cooley reviews the latest Scholastique Mukasonga book to be translated into English, “Igifu.”
Martha Cooley is the author of two novels — The Archivist, a national best seller, and Thirty-Three Swoons — and a memoir, Guesswork. She directs the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Adelphi University. Her third novel, Buy Me Love, will be published in June 2021.
Martha Cooley reviews the latest Scholastique Mukasonga book to be translated into English, “Igifu.”
Martha Cooley reflects on hearing Elena Ferrante’s new novel in Italian.
Martha Cooley searches for the figure of the missing girl in contemporary fiction.
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