I write fiction that revolves around archival research and historical events. What I search for in documented history: what happened, is not necessar… - Maaza Mengiste

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I write fiction that revolves around archival research and historical events. What I search for in documented history: what happened, is not necessarily what I seek when I write it down: what was it like, and what was left out. I go back to something Breyten Breytenbach once told me, that fiction tells a truth that history cannot. I lean into fictive truths.