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Most of my favorite writers are over forty, and so I suppose I'll only name a few of the writers whose work I find myself constantly returning to: Edward P. Jones, Marilynne Robinson, Kazuo Ishiguro, V. S. Naipaul, Toni Morrison, and Philip Roth.

~Dinaw Mengestu

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I was always curious about the anxiety a person would feel when you open your mouth and you have an accent. You could have a Ph.D. or be a lawyer, but as soon as you say something, you may be diminished in the eyes of someone else.

~Dinaw Mengestu

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Writers, especially those of us with roots in other countries, are rarely left to ourselves. We are asked to declare our allegiances, or they are determined for us.

~Dinaw Mengestu

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I'm an immigrant writer, or an African writer, or an Ethiopian-American writer, and occasionally an American writer according to the whims and needs of my interpreters.

~Dinaw Mengestu

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As an undergraduate, I took a theology course titled Religion as Writing. If writing can be considered a form of faith, then inevitably doubt has to accompany it.

~Dinaw Mengestu

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Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, the color of my skin and my rather peculiar background as an Ethiopian immigrant delineated the border of my life and friendships. I learned quickly how to stand alone.

~Dinaw Mengestu

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History does influence our lives - every moment. We never sort of live our lives in a linear fashion. We always have these memories and these images from our past that sometimes we're not even aware of, and they sort of shape who we are.

~Dinaw Mengestu

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I couldn't be more American if I tried. I was born in Ethiopia, but I was raised and educated as an American.

~Dinaw Mengestu

Topics: American Born Educated Ethiopia More Raised Tried I Tried I Was Raised I Was Born

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Biography

Nationality: Ethiopian

Type: Novelist

Born: Unknown

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