A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times: Stories by Meron Hadero (English) Co

Description: A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times by Meron Hadero, Benjamin Onyango Ochieng, Raymond Karago, Waceke Wambaa, Samba Schutte, Emebeit Beyene, Dele Ogundiran, Various Narrators Award-winning Ethiopian-American author Meron Haderos gorgeously wrought stories in A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times offer poignant, compelling narratives of those whose lives have been marked by border crossings and the risk of displacement.Set across the United States and abroad, Meron Haderos stories feature immigrants, refugees, and those on the brink of dispossession, all struggling to begin again, all fighting to belong. Moving through diverse geographies and styles, this captivating collection follows characters on the journey toward home, which they dream of, create and redefine, lose and find, and make their own. Beyond migration, these stories examine themes of race, gender, class, friendship, betrayal, the despair of loss, and the enduring resilience of hope.The Street Sweep, winner of the 2021 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing, is about an enterprising young man on the verge of losing his home in Addis Ababa who pursues an improbable opportunity to turn his life around.Appearing in Best American Short Stories, The Suitcase follows a woman visiting her country of origin for the first time and finds that an ordinary object opens up an unexpected, complex bridge between worlds.Shortlisted for the 2019 Caine Prize, The Wall portrays the intergenerational friendship between two refugees living in Iowa who have connections to Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall.A Best American Short Stories notable, Mekonnen aka Mack aka Huey Freakin Newton is a coming-of-age tale about an Ethiopian immigrant in Brooklyn encountering nuances of race in his new country.Kaleidoscopic, powerful, and illuminative, the stories in A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times expand our understanding of the essential and universal need for connection and the vital refuge of home, from the major new talent Meron Hadero. FORMAT Compact Disc LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Meron Hadero is an Ethiopian American who was born in Addis Ababa and came to the US via Germany as a young child. Merons short stories have won the 2021 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing, have been shortlisted for the 2019 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing, and appear in Best American Short Stories, Ploughshares, McSweeneys Quarterly Concern, Zyzzyva, The Iowa Review, Missouri Review, 40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology, and others. Shes also been published in The New York Times Book Review, the anthology The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives, and the anthology Letter to a Stranger: Essays to the Ones Who Haunt Us. A 2019-2020 Steinbeck Fellow at San Jose State University, and a fellow at Yaddo, Ragdale, and MacDowell, Meron holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan, a JD from Yale Law School, and a BA in history from Princeton with a certificate in American studies.Waceke Wambaa is a voiceover artist with a passion for storytelling. She has experience with medical and corporate narration, commercials, documentaries, explainer videos, promos, audiobooks, and more. In her spare time, she can be found dabbling in her backyard, singing, acting, writing books, and volunteering as a reader at North Carolina Reading Service. Dele Ogundiran is an entertainment professional of Nigerian lineage whose multifaceted talent shines both on and off screen. As a performer, Dele most recently played a recurring guest star role on a soon-to-be announced show for Amazon. Prior to this, she has played diverse recurring roles, from an upscale magazine editor on ABCs comedy series Ugly Betty to a brassy but endearing addict on Showtimes hit drama series Ray Donovan. Since closing on a successful run in the West Coast premiere of the stage play Her Portmanteau (written by Mfoniso Udofia and directed by Gregg T. Daniel) at Boston Court Pasadena in the summer of 2018, Dele made her stand-up comedy debut at the world famous Ice House Comedy Club, wrapped on the feature film The Infiltrators (directed by Alex Rivera and Cristina Ibara, 2019 Sundance Film Festival Premiere-Audience Award and NEXT Innovator Prize), and guest starred on NCIS and Greys Anatomy. A shortlist of her other television and film credits include Wisdom of the Crowd, Anger Management, Brothers & Sisters, Childrens Hospital, Hes Just Not That Into You, Maniac, and Silent But Deadly. Her stage appearances include roles in Our Lady of 121st Street, Balm In Gilead, and Joe Turners Come and Gone, and her voice can be heard in the video games World of Warcraft and Dead Rising. Her credits as an audiobook narrator include Black Sunday by Tola Rotimi Abraham and Finding Love Again by Chioma Inwu Ibiam. Deles beauty has been captured in national and international commercials and print campaigns for well-known brands including Allstate, IBM, Ford, Dark & Lovely, and McDonalds. As writer and award-winning producer, under her production company, Apphia Productions, Dele starred in, produced and cowrote her companys first film, Bathroom Vanities, which has screened at festivals worldwide. She also produced the award-winning short film The Encounter (Best Short Award, White Sands International Film Festival award). The award-winning feature film Elevate, which is her feature film debut as a producer, made its premiere at the tenth annual Downtown LA Film Festival in fall 2018. Most recently, Dele was the director of photography and producer on Casualty of Time (2020 Veterans Award, The Cinematic Arts Redemptive Entertainment (CARE) Awards) written and directed by Jeremiah Jahi. She is also editing her directorial debut, the short film Last Supper. Review Intricate and precise, A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times casts a glimmering light into the most elusive corners of estrangement which all migrants--torn between past and present, home and journey--come to know...These stories lull, then rip you open. A powerful, unforgettable collection.-- "Ingrid Rojas Contreras, bestselling author of Fruit of the Drunken Tree"Meron Haderos collection brims with lives on the margins, collisions that do not fully happen, redemptions thwarted at the last minute. Yet, it is through these moments that the vastness of the modern lives of immigrants are examined and fully revealed. This style...makes Hadero a new master of the form, and this collection a masterful one.-- "Chigozie Obioma, author of An Orchestra of Minorities "Meron Haderos dazzling short stories span the diaspora, poignantly portraying characters in search of opportunity and belonging. Rich with insight, compassion, and wit, A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times is an unforgettable debut.-- "Vanessa Hua, bestselling author of A River of Stars"This book heralds the arrival of a gifted, stunning writer. A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times held me spellbound...These stories unfold with an intensifying power, each of them a testament to whats possible when we move through this world insisting on the potential of hope, and love.-- "Maaza Mengiste, author of The Shadow King"With enormous power and wonderful subtlety, Meron Hadero grants us access to the inner worlds of people at moments when everything is at risk...As we enter a future that will be shaped more and more profoundly by border crossings, these sharp, humane, beautiful portraits are a gift.-- "Dinaw Mengetsu, Achy Obejas, and Ilan Stavans, from the judgess citation for the Prize for New Immigrant Writing"Addresses Ethiopian Americans struggles for acceptance, the painful ties between present and past, and the elusive meaning of home...Hadero sets a tone of dizzying displacement from the start...Entertaining and affecting stories with a deft lightness of touch.-- "Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"Haderos characters face challenges including racism, crushing misunderstandings, and visits home that remind them of how much they no longer belong....Despite their difficult circumstances, though, these characters find comfort in places like a single friend and a home-cooked meal.-- "Foreword Reviews (starred review)"Showcases the lives of displaced people trying to create a space for themselves to call home in America and Ethiopia...often with nothing but hope and a sense of community pushing them forward.-- "Booklist (starred review)"These stories capture lives caught between cultures and continents, past and present, truth and lies. As its displaced characters seek belonging, this collection explores the challenges of connection.-- "Brit Bennett, New York Times bestselling author" Review Quote "These stories capture lives caught between cultures and continents, past and present, truth and lies. As its displaced characters seek belonging, this collection explores the challenges of connection." Details ISBN Author Various Narrators Language English Year 2022 ISBN-13 9798212226660 Publication Date 2022-09-06 Subtitle Stories Short Title A down Home Meal for These Difficult Times Publisher Blackstone Publishing Format Compact Disc Imprint Blackstone Publishing Playing time 427 Narrator Various Narrators Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:158440377;

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