LadyFiction #3: NoViolet Bulawayo's We Need New Names
This episode of LadyFiction discusses Zimbabwean author NoViolet
Bulawayo’s “We Need New Names” (2013), a novel about a young girl who
leaves behind her shantytown childhood to pursue her goals in America.
The novel meditates on home, trauma, and childhood in a globalized
world—and Stefanie Schäfer’s conversation partner is Oksana Marafioti,
US-American writer of Armenian and Russian Romani descent and the author
of “American Gypsy: A Memoir” (2012).