These aren't the days to pretend you're only a wife or a si… - Maaza Mengiste

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These aren't the days to pretend you're only a wife or a sister or a mother, she says. We're more than this.

Maaza Mengiste

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Maaza Mengiste (born 1974) is an Ethiopian-American author.

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I think what writing should be at its essence is a creative expression, it should be informed by the needs of the story, by the dictates of your characters…I feel like I can write any character I want—an African, a European, a writer can do anything, it just has to feel true to the story.

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These aren't the days to pretend you're only a wife or a sister or a mother, she says. We're more than this. - Maaza Mengiste

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