It was about an hour into the afternoon rush at Ben’s Chili Bowl, and Kassahun Addis pushed through the back kitchen doors and made his way through the dining room to the front counter. He lugged a red bucket full of soapy water from table to table, his skinny arms bulging under its weight as beads of sweat... Read more
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As Black Population Declines in D.C., Little Ethiopia Thrives
April 8 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopian, News, Politics, Uncategorized, United States Tags: Ben chili, Ben's Chili Bowl, Ben's Chili Bowl DC, Dinaw mengestu, Ethiopian press, Ethiopian press freedom, Ethiopians in DC, Freedom of press in EThiopia
Ethiopian Dinaw Mengestu wins the 2011 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Literature
February 25 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Art, Ethiopian, News, People, Uncategorized, United States Tags: Creative Prize, Dinaw mengestu, novelist Dinaw Mengestu, prize, Vilcek Foundation, winner, winsFormer Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winner Charles Simic awarded $100,000 for lifetime achievement Novelist Dinaw Mengestu receives $25,000 Creative Promise Prize New York, NY, February 22, 2011 The Vilcek Foundation is pleased to name the 2011 winners of its sixth annual Vilcek Prizes honoring the contributions of foreign-born scientists and artists in the United States. The Vilcek Prize for the Arts... Read more
Dinaw Mengestu’s “An Honset Exit” Featured on The New Yorker
July 6 | Posted by ocean | Art, News, Uncategorized, World Tags: An honest exit, Dinaw, Dinaw mengestu, short story, The New yorkerAn Honest Exit by Dinaw Mengestu Thirty-five years after my father left Ethiopia, he died in a room in a boarding house in Peoria, Illinois, that came with a partial view of the river. We had never spoken much during his lifetime, but, on a warm October morning in New York shortly after he died, I found myself having a conversation with... Read more
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