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Florence Bett

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2013Craft ItCraft It3 things about Blankets & Wine XLIV25 Jun 2013 · Florence Bettthe fake bourgeois That fake. It started at Uchumi supermarket, the one off Lang’ata Road. At the liquor store to be precise.…2013Craft ItCraft ItGetting published13 Jun 2013 · Florence BettI was published last Saturday. The Saturday Nation. Page 22. Following last week’s post, it was as if the magic and miracle…2013Craft ItCraft ItBecoming a writer: the X stages of grief12 Jun 2013 · Florence BettIt has been a little over two months since I got into writing full-time and none of my stories have been published…2013Craft ItCraft ItAuditor turned writer: the eventual goodbye5 Jun 2013 · Florence BettI was an auditor. With one of the Big Four audit firms in Nairobi, KE. Assurance Line of Service, I prided in…2013Craft ItCraft ItChimamanda Ngozi Adichie: my thoughts on the Nigerian novelist29 May 2013 · Florence BettIt is telling the pea that lies in Chimamanda’s mattresses. Plainly so. The pea is about girls and women in Nigeria and…2013Craft ItCraft ItSpecial feature: Happy birthday brah24 May 2013 · Florence BettMy baby brother celebrated his birthday last Saturday. On May 18. Apart from DJ Adrian and the (late) Pope John Paul II,…2013Craft ItCraft ItThe thing about ‘The Thing Around Your Neck’22 May 2013 · Florence BettBooks reviews are the holy grail of reviews. The thing about writing books and plays is that the literature is purely reliant…2013Craft ItCraft ItKwani? Trust: In conversation with Nuruddin Farah15 May 2013 · Florence BettThe Facebook announcement was 3 likes and 1 share in when it appeared on my Home page. I followed the link to…2013Craft ItCraft ItBreaking virginity: Just A Band, Sorry for the Delay8 May 2013 · Florence BettRight off the bat, I had never been a fan of Just A Band. Their hit single, Ha-he, received the airplay that…2013Craft ItCraft ItDemigods: meeting our favorite writers1 May 2013 · Florence BettAah, our favorite writers. Why can’t we leave them where they belong? On our dusty and crammed bookshelves, bookmarked as favorite on…