Daniel Wilson would not reveal specifics, but said I would be different from other children and remind my mother every day of the family’s legacy of pride and courage. He told my mother to name me after him, her father, not after the boyfriend who would end up deserting her. “Although I am dead, Daniel told my mother, I shall live on through my grandson.
Also, check the sidebar for links to other book bloggers who are participating in this year’s challenge. See here for the list of stories I’ll be reading in 2019. At the bottom of that post will be the cards I’ve drawn and links to any posts I’ve written on the stories. What is Deal Me In? I’m glad you asked! Full details may be found here but generally speaking it’s a reading challenge where participants try to read one short story a week for the year, the reading order being determined by the luck of the draw. I own it as an e-book copy of “In the Country.” Beautiful writing made me put this on my DMI list as one of my few re-reads this year. The Selection: “The Virgin of Monte Ramon” A sometimes heartbreaking story of friendship between two social outcasts. I tore through her story collection “In the Country” which contained several first-rate stories A Filipino-American author who’s also lived in Bahrain.
The Author: Mia Alvar – Alvar is a new favorite of mine. Adding a Global Perspective: Diverse Short Stories.The Suit: For #DealMeIn2019, ♥♥♥Hearts ♥♥♥ is my Suit for “Stories by favorite authors.”.The narrative includes flashbacks as the painful death of the protagonist’s son is conveyed thus it is an engaging story for teaching narrative perspective and plot structure. As the protagonist queues outside the American Embassy in Lago, Nigeria, waiting to make an application for asylum, she is confronted with recent tragedy and heartache. Stories can break the dignity of a people, but stories can also repair that broken dignity.” While I use many of her stories and essays in my classroom, I love reading “The American Embassy” with students, as it speaks to universal themes of fear, loss and grief. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign, but stories can also be used to empower and to humanize. As she eloquently explains in her talk: “Stories matter. As a Nigerian female writer herself, she knows this well. In this talk she explores the problems of only reading stories from a homogenous group (often white, western, male). Adichie’s powerful TEDtalk “The Danger of a Single Story” is how I always open my short story unit.
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