[Interview] Miriam Shumba
Novelist Miriam Shumba lives in Michigan in the United States where she works as a teacher. Her books include Show Me the Sun (Genesis Press, 2010) and That Which Has Horns (Genesis Press, 2010). Her short stories have been published in magazines in countries that include Zimbabwe, South Africa and the United States. In this interview, Miriam Shumba talks about her writing: When did you start writing? My earliest memory of enjoying story-telling is when I used to sit on a rukukwe and listen to my grandmother, Theresa tell us stories that began with, " Paivepo ". The stories were mythical, sometimes scary, but they always had a lesson in them. That warm feeling remained with me when I started creating my own stories, at times writing long hand in school exercise books. At the age of 10 my mother sent one of my comics to a publisher who sent the most memorable letter in my writing career. The publisher was very gracious and I was a bit embarrassed because th